Education |
Yale Law School, J.D. (2002) Articles Editor, Book Reviews Editor, Yale Journal of International Law |
Harvard University, B.A. (1998) Graduated magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Harvard-Cambridge Scholarship Recipient (1 of 4) |
Admitted to Practice |
California |
New York |
Personal Work Experience |
Professor of Law, Rogers College of Law, 2012 - present |
Maurice R. Greenberg Visiting Professor of Law, Yale Law School, New Haven, Conn., 2012 - 2013 |
Associate Professor of Law, Rogers College of Law, 2006 - 2012 |
Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable William Fletcher, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco, Cal., 2005 - 2006 |
Lecturer and Legal Writing Instructor, Stanford Law School, Spring 2005 |
Associate, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, Cal., 2003 - 2005 |
Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Allyne R. Ross, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY, 2002 - 2003 |
Representative Publications
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| The History of the Modern Class Action, Part I: Sturm Und Drang, 90 Wash. U. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2013). |
| Institutions and an Interpretive Methodology for The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 2011 Utah L. Rev. 927. |
| Flawed but Noble: Desegregation Litigation and its Implications for the Modern Class Action, 63 Fla. L. Rev. 657 (2011). |
| The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Legal Realism as a Jurisprudence of Law Reform, 44 Ga. L. Rev. 433 (2010). |
| The Past, Present, and Future of Trans-Substantivity in Federal Civil Procedure (Clifford Symposium), 59 DePaul L. Rev. 371 (2010). |
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Complete List of Publications |
Presentations
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Presenter, The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Legal Realism as a Jurisprudence of Law Reform (American Society for Legal History Annual Conf., Dallas, Tex., Nov. 2009).
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Panelist, Rising Stars: A New Generation of Scholars Looks at Civil Justice (Clifford Symposium, DePaul Law School, Chicago, Ill., Apr. 2, 2009).
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Presenter, The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Legal Realism as a Jurisprudence of Law Reform (U.C. Davis Law School, Davis, Cal., Nov. 3, 2008).
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Speaker, The Perils of Privatization: A Revised History of Forum Selection Clauses in the Federal Courts (Conf. on Dispute Resolution, Marquette Univ. Law School, Oct. 2007).
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Lecture, Famine and Genocide (Woodrow Wilson Int'l Center for Scholars, Nov. 13, 2003).
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| Complete List of Presentations |
Organizations |
American Society of International Law |
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Institutional Service |
Clerkships Committee 2009 - 2010, 2010 - 2011, 2011 - 2012 |
Strategic Planning Committee 2009 - 2010 |
Curriculum Committee 2008 - 2009, 2011 - 2012 (Chair) |
Appointments Committee 2006 - 2007, 2008 - 2009 |
Awards |
| Yale Law School Professor of the Year, 2013 |
| Bell Award for Faculty Service 2012 |
| John Strong Professor of the Year 2012 |
| John Strong Professor of the Year 2009 |
Updated:
09/29/2011
