Annette Clark

Annette E. Clark served as Dean of Seattle University School of Law from 2013–22. Upon her retirement in 2023, she was awarded Dean Emerita and Professor Emerita status. She also served as Interim Dean from 2009–10 and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Vice Dean for a total of 10 years. She was a Visiting Scholar at The George Washington University Law School for Fall 2010, and Dean and Professor of Law at the Saint Louis University School of Law from 2011–12.

She received her medical degree with Honors from the University of Washington School of Medicine and her juris doctor degree summa cum laude (first in class) from the Seattle University School of Law, where she joined the faculty in 1989. Her scholarly and teaching areas of expertise include civil procedure, medical liability, bioethics and legal education, and she is a frequent regional and national lecturer on these topics. Her scholarship operates at the interface of healthcare, law and health policy, with a particular emphasis on end-of-life.

She received the Seattle Journal for Social Justice Faculty Award, the Dean's Medal, and is a two-time recipient of the Outstanding Teacher Award. She was named the James B. McGoldrick, S.J., Fellow by Seattle University in recognition of her commitment to students and to the values of a Jesuit education. She is also the recipient of the 2021 Justice Mary Fairhurst Passing the Torch Award from Washington Women Lawyers and the 2018 Betty Binns Fletcher Leadership and Justice Award from MAMA Seattle (Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association).

She joined the Overlake Medical Center Board of Trustees in 2022, where she chairs the Audit & Compliance Committee, and also serves on the Advisory Board for the Washington Leadership Institute.