Edith R. Warkentine received her A.B. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and her J.D. degree from the University of California, Davis. Following graduation from law shcool, she joined a prominent Los Angeles law firm, which specialized in commercial law and bankruptcy law.  Thereafter, she worked at an Orange County law firm and was in house counsel to two California real estate development companies. She has taught at the UCLA School of Law, the University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University) and Whittier Law School. She joined the full-time faculty of Western State University in 1993.  Both her scholarship and her teaching focus on the areas of contract and commercial law. Her interest in teaching contracts transactionally, using contract documents as teaching tools, is derived from her law practice experience and her work as a member of and ultimately Chair of the California State Bar Business Law Section.

Subjects: Contracts, Commercial Law, Real Property

Publications:
Beyond Unconscionability: The Case for Using "Knowing Assent" as the Basis for Analyzing Unbargained-for Terms in Standard Form Contracts, 31 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 469 (2008);

"Why Teach Contracts Transactionally," 34 U. Toledo L. Rev.723 (2003);

"Kingsfield Doesn't Teach My Contracts Class: Teaching Contracts With Contracts," 50 J. LEGAL. EDUC. 112 (2000);

"Article 2 Revisions: An Opportunity to Protect Consumers and "Merchant/Consumers" Through Default Provisions, 30 . J. MARSHALL L. REV. 39 (1996);

"Promissory Notes," "Guaranties," and "Powers of Attorney" in Drafting Business Contracts (Updated chapters, 1996);

Secured Transactions Under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, Seattle University Skills Development Series (The Michie Co. 1995);

"California Foreclosure Information and Enforcement Remedies Summary," in Foreclosure Information and Enforcement Remedies Summary Project (American Bar Association 1995);


"Promissory Notes," "Guaranties," and "Powers of Attorney" in Drafting Business Contracts (C.E.B. 1994);


"How to Avoid Being in the Dog-House When You're In-House (Ethical Considerations for In-House Lawyers)," in 16 Business Law News 5 (State Bar of California 1994);

"Gradsky and its Progeny: Guaranties after Cathay Bank and Western Security;" (State Bar of California, panel materials, Spring, 1994);

Book Review, Marvin A. Chirelstein's Concepts and Analysis in Contract Law, 21 Western State University Law Review 401 (1993);

"Guaranties," in Negotiating & Structuring a Friendly Foreclosure (American Bar Association, panel materials, 1993);

Book Review, 21 W. ST. U. L. Rev. 401 (1993) (reviewing MARVIN A CHIRELSTEIN, CONCEPTS AND CASE ANALYSIS IN THE LAW OF CONTRACTS (2d ed. 1990));

"Representing Consumer Creditors and Debtors" in Commercial Transactions Deskbook, Volume III (Washington State Bar, 1983);

Consumer Liability for Deficiencies in Washington, 4 U. PUGET SOUND L. REV. 99 (1980);

"Receivership" in California Civil Procedure Before Trial (C.E.B. 1977).

Presentations:

California State Bar, Business Law Section, "Getting Secured in Perilous Times: Drafting Promissory Notes and Security Agreements," California State Bar Convention, Fall 2009;

California State Bar, Business Law Section, "UCC: Recent Developmants," California State Bar Convention, Fall 2007;

Loyola Law School,  "Teaching Contracts with Contracts", September 2006;

Institute for Law School Teaching, Gonzaga University, "Learning by Doing: Drafting Exercises and Simulations" at Learning Outside the Classroom, July 2005;

California Continuing Education of the Bar, Opinion Letters in Business Transactions," February, March 2003;

Association of American Law Schools, Contracts Section Panel, "Teaching Contracts Transactionally," AALS Annual Meeting, January 2003;

California Continuing Education of the Bar, "Opinion Letters in Real Estate Transaction," November 1996;

Orange County Bar Association panel, "Secured Transactions Under Article 9 of the U.C.C.," June 1996;

California State Bar, Business Law Section panel, "Power-Sharing in an Age of Accountability, California State Bar Convention, Fall 1995;

Orange County Bar Association panel, "Secured Lending," November 1994;

California State Bar, Business Law Section panel, "The In-House/Outside Consel Relationship: From Soup to Nuts (& Bolts): California State Bar Convention, Fall 1994;

California State Bar, Real Estate Section panel, "Gradsky and Its Progeny: Guaranties After Cathay Bank and Western Security," Spring 1994;

American Bar Association panel, "Friendly Foreclosures", Summer 1993.