Biography
Professor Elizabeth Rowe is the Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. She is co-director of the law school’s LawTech Center, and co-director of the Center on Intellectual Property Law. A nationally recognized expert on Trade Secret Law, Professor Rowe is a prolific scholar who has published over 50 books and law review articles. Among those, she has co-authored or contributed to over a dozen books on intellectual property including (with Sharon Sandeen) the first and leading casebook in the U.S. on Trade Secret Law, a Nutshell treatise on trade secrets (both in 3rd edition), a book on trade secrecy in international transactions, an e-book primer on trade secrets, and an annual IP Statutory Supplement. She has also co-authored a Trade Secret Case Management Judicial Guide for the federal judiciary.
Professor Rowe currently serves as Reporter to the Uniform Law Commission’s Drafting Committee on Trade Secrets, considering revisions to the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. She is a member of the American Law Institute and a member of the Leadership Council for The Sedona Conference. She also is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Professor Rowe serves as a consultant and an expert in litigation. She is a former partner at Hale and Dorr, LLP in Boston (now WilmerHale), where she practiced complex commercial litigation including intellectual property and employment litigation. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School.
