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Scott
Dodson

James Edgar Hervey Chair in Litigation and Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law

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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) and New Pleading in the Twenty-First Century (Oxford 2013). He has written around 100 shorter works appearing in such journals as 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, and in leading peer-reviewed journals, including American Journal of Comparative Law, American Journal of International Law, and Law & Society Review. His scholarly writings have been cited in more than twenty-five court opinions, including by the Alabama, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin Supreme Courts, and the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits. His works have been downloaded more than 45,000 times, and he was listed as the 9th (tied) most-cited civil-procedure scholar in 2010-2014. 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.

Expertise

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Civil Litigation
  • Civil Procedure
  • Class Actions
  • Federal Courts

Selected Scholarship

  1. Personal Jurisdiction in Comparative Context 2020

    68 American Journal of Comparative Law

  2. Plaintiff Personal Jurisdiction and Venue Transfer 2019

    117 Michigan Law Review 1463

  3. Beyond Bias in Diversity Jurisdiction 2019

    69 Duke Law Journal 267

  4. Personal Jurisdiction and Aliens 2018

    116 Michigan Law Review 1205 (with Bill Dodge)

  5. Should the Rules Committees Have an Amicus Role? 2018

    104 Virginia Law Review 1

  6. Personal Jurisdiction and Aggregation 2018

    113 Northwestern University Law Review 1

  7. A Negative Retrospective of Rule 23 2017

    92 New York University Law Review 917 (symposium)

  8. Jurisdiction and Its Effects 2017

    105 Georgetown Law Journal 619

  9. An Opt-In Option for Class Actions 2016

    115 Michigan Law Review 171

  10. The Gravitational Force of Federal Law 2016

    164 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 703

  11. Joint and Several Jurisdiction 2016

    65 Duke Law Journal 1323 (with Phil Pucillo)

  12. A Revolution in Jurisdiction 2015

    THE LEGACY OF RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Ch. 9, Page 137 (Cambridge University Press)

  13. Party Subordinance in Federal Litigation 2014

    83 George Washington Law Review 1

  14. Rethinking Extraordinary Circumstances 2012

    106 Northwestern University Law Review 377

  15. Hybridizing Jurisdiction 2011

    99 California Law Review 1439

  16. The Complexity of Jurisdictional Clarity 2011

    97 Virginia Law Review 1

  17. New Pleading, New Discovery 2010

    109 Michigan Law Review 53

  18. Comparative Convergences in Pleading Standards 2010

    158 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 441

  19. Mandatory Rules 2008

    61 Stanford Law Review 1

  20. In Search of Removal Jurisdiction 2008

    102 Northwestern University Law Review 55

  21. A Darwinist View of the Living Constitution 2008

    61 Vanderbilt Law Review 1319

Courses

  1. Civil Procedure
  2. Civil Litigation Concentration
  3. Federal Courts
  4. Comparative Civil Procedure
  5. Conflict of Laws

Links

  1. The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Cambridge 2015)
  2. New Pleading in the 21st Century (Oxford 2013)
  3. Law Review Articles on SSRN
  4. All Publications

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