Faculty Advisors
The Highline Paralegal Department has five
full-time faculty members. Departmental faculty offices are located in
the Higher Education Building (Building 29).
Bobby "Buzz"
Wheeler is the program coordinator and teaches Civil Litigation,
Family Law, Estates & Probate and Legal Research & Writing. He has
also developed and teaches a course in Elder Law and oversees the Mock
Trial. He practiced law in California and Washington in the area of
Family Law before joining the Highline faculty. Additionally, he is
the faculty advisor for the Highline College Paralegal Association.
E-mail Buzz or
visit his webpage.
Joy Smucker
practiced as a criminal defense lawyer and civil litigator in private
practice and as a Public Defender. She teaches the popular "We the
Jury" class and Criminal Law. In addition to her faculty duties in the
Paralegal Department, Joy also serves as the Chair of the Business
Division. E-mail Joy or
visit her webpage.
Che Dawson practiced in the area of Immigration Law prior to
joining the Highline faculty. He teaches Civil Litigation, Legal
Research and will be developing an Immigration Law course. Che is also
the college's basketball coach.
E-mail Che or
visit his webpage.
Michael Alllen practiced as a criminal and civil
litigator in private practice prior to joining the Highline Community
College staff. He has taught almost every class offered by the
Paralegal Department and has been active in the American Association
for Paralegal Education since 1997.
E-mail Michael.
Jessica McColl
Neilson graduated from Whitworth College with a B.A. in English
Literature. She graduated Order of the Coif from the University of
Oregon School of Law and received her LL.M from Harvard Law
School. She practiced commercial litigation, contracts, product
liability, intellectual property, and employment law. Jessica also
taught three years at the University of Washington School of Law. Email
Jessica or
visit her webpage.
Highline also brings in a variety of practicing
attorneys and paralegals to teach select courses on a part time basis.
The mission of the Highline Paralegal
department is to provide students with a contemporary legal background
in each vital area of law and to develop strong skills in legal
research and writing. Students’ critical thinking is fostered through
course work in the application of theory combined with a liberal arts
core curriculum. Students will graduate with a mastery of legal and
communications skills needed to succeed both personally and
professionally in the legal community and in our society.
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Last updated:
January 25, 2008
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