Professor Sharon K. SANDEEN (CV)

Robins Kaplan LLP Distinguished Professor in Intellectual Property Law and Director of the IP Institute at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics for 2019-2020. A recognized expert on trade secret law, Professor Sandeen wrote (with E. Rowe) the first (and still only) casebook on the subject in the United States (Cases and Materials in Trade Secret Law) and Trade Secret Law in a Nutshell. In addition to her books, Professor Sandeen has written more than 30 articles and book chapters on intellectual property, internet, and information law topics, including detailed examinations of the drafting histories the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Article 39 of the TRIPS Agreement, and the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016. Recently, she completed (with D.S. Levine) a new textbook titled “Information Law, Governance, and Cybersecurity.” A native of northern California, Professor Sandeen earned two degrees from the University of California Berkeley: a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and an LL.M. from U.C. Berkeley School of Law. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. Professor Sandeen is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a member of the American Law Institute (ALI), and a member of the Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP).