Scott
Dodson
James Edgar Hervey Chair in Litigation, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law, and Director of the Center for Litigation and the Courts
- Office Rm. 394, 200 Bldg.
- Email Address dodsons@uchastings.edu
- Telephone (925) 285-1445
Biography
An expert in civil procedure and federal courts, Professor Scott Dodson has published seven book titles, including The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Cambridge 2015, 2d ed. 2022) and New Pleading in the Twenty-First Century (Oxford 2013). He has written more than 100 shorter works appearing in Stanford Law Review, New York University Law Review, Michigan Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, California Law Review, Virginia Law Review, Duke Law Journal, Northwestern University Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Vanderbilt Law Review, American Journal of Comparative Law, American Journal of International Law, and Law & Society Review, among others. His scholarly writings have been cited in more than forty court opinions, including by the Alabama, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin Supreme Courts, and the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits. His works have been downloaded more than 60,000 times, and he was listed in the top-10 most-cited civil-procedure scholars in 2010-2014 and 2016-2020. Professor Dodson is a frequent commentator in the news, including appearances on the 10:00 Nightly News, NPR Radio, and CNN Radio; quotes in various print media; and blogging stints at SCOTUSblog, SCOCAblog, Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog, and PrawfsBlawg. He hosts the semimonthly podcast Litigation Briefs: Media Shorts on Law and Courts.
Expertise
Selected Scholarship
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The Making of the Supreme Court Rules 2022
90 George Washington Law Review
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Cooperativism in the American Adversarial Tradition 2021
40 Civil Justice Quarterly 283
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Article III and the Political-Question Doctrine 2021
116 Northwestern University Law Review 681
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Personal Jurisdiction in Comparative Context 2020
68 American Journal of Comparative Law 701
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Plaintiff Personal Jurisdiction and Venue Transfer 2019
117 Michigan Law Review 1463
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Beyond Bias in Diversity Jurisdiction 2019
69 Duke Law Journal 267
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Personal Jurisdiction and Aliens 2018
116 Michigan Law Review 1205 (with Bill Dodge)
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Should the Rules Committees Have an Amicus Role? 2018
104 Virginia Law Review 1
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Personal Jurisdiction and Aggregation 2018
113 Northwestern University Law Review 1
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A Negative Retrospective of Rule 23 2017
92 New York University Law Review 917 (symposium)
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Jurisdiction and Its Effects 2017
105 Georgetown Law Journal 619
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An Opt-In Option for Class Actions 2016
115 Michigan Law Review 171
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The Gravitational Force of Federal Law 2016
164 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 703
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Joint and Several Jurisdiction 2016
65 Duke Law Journal 1323 (with Phil Pucillo)
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A Revolution in Jurisdiction 2015
THE LEGACY OF RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Ch. 9, Page 137 (Cambridge University Press)
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Party Subordinance in Federal Litigation 2014
83 George Washington Law Review 1
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Rethinking Extraordinary Circumstances 2012
106 Northwestern University Law Review 377
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Hybridizing Jurisdiction 2011
99 California Law Review 1439
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The Complexity of Jurisdictional Clarity 2011
97 Virginia Law Review 1
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New Pleading, New Discovery 2010
109 Michigan Law Review 53
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Comparative Convergences in Pleading Standards 2010
158 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 441
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Mandatory Rules 2008
61 Stanford Law Review 1
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In Search of Removal Jurisdiction 2008
102 Northwestern University Law Review 55
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A Darwinist View of the Living Constitution 2008
61 Vanderbilt Law Review 1319
