Former NASA employee.
Current 3L.
Future Space Lawyer.

About

Dr. Dani Atkinson is currently a 3L at Seattle University specializing in contract and space law. Previously, she obtained a PhD in Astronomy from U. Hawai'i at Mānoa in 2017, then worked at NASA Goddard and U. Michigan as a research scientist. In addition to her law studies, she is a Forms and Records Analyst Supervisor at the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. Dr. Atkinson has also worked as a legal assistant in family and criminal law.

Current Projects

  • Built + maintaining a new electronic record-keeping system for Washington State in accordance with up-to-date HIPAA best practices

  • Associate editor at Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental and Innovation Law

  • Submitted proposal to Department of Social and Health Services to automate (Python) legal form processing

Email: dr.dani.atkinson@gmail.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dani-atkinson

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