Professor Emeritus
Law School
Professor Charles Irish is a Volkman-Bascom Professor of Law (emeritus) and the founding director of the UW’s East Asian Legal Studies Center. At the UW, Professor Irish taught tax and international trade and business courses. Professor Irish also has had extensive experience working with the US and foreign governments and international organizations throughout the world. For the last 25 years, however, Professor Irish has focused his work on East and Southeast Asia, with special attention to US relations with the region.