Ray August teaches in the College of Business and Economics at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. He is the coordinator for the College's business law program and he teaches courses on international business law, public international law, and the law of business organizations. His courses feature on-line lectures that students watch on the Internet and he is the recipient of many teaching honors and awards.

He is the author of two textbooks published by Prentice Hall: International Business Law and Public International Law; and he is presently writing a textbook on American Business Law. He also maintains an on-line International Law Dictionary & Directory on the Internet. His research interests are in the areas of international and comparative law, intellectual property law, and legal history. His article on the number of attorneys in the world (The Mythical Kingdom of Lawyers) has been widely cited.

He holds a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, a LL.M. from the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D. in American Legal History from the University of Idaho. He is the webmaster for the International Law Section of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business as well as the webmaster for the Pacific Northwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business.

Before taking up teaching he was the administrative director of the California District Attorneys Association and a criminal prosecutor for the City of San Diego. He is a Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Naval Reserve (retired) and a member (inactive) of the California Bar and the Texas Bar.

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