Scott
Dodson
Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Research
- Office Rm. 356, 200 Bldg.
- Email Address dodsons@uchastings.edu
- Telephone (925) 285-1445
Biography
An expert in civil procedure and federal courts, Professor Scott Dodson has written more than eighty papers 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, and several peer-reviewed journals, among others. He is the author or editor of six books: The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Cambridge 2015), New Pleading in the Twenty-First Century (Oxford 2013), The Black Book of Federal Courts (annual editions starting in 2018), The Red Book of Civil Procedure (annual editions starting in 2019), The Orange Book of Civil Procedure: A Student Guide (annual editions starting in 2019), and Civil Procedure: Model Problems and Outstanding Answers (2011, 2d ed. 2012). His writings have been cited in more than twenty court opinions, including by the Alabama, Nebraska, and Texas Supreme Courts, and the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits. 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. Prior to his appointment as the inaugural Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law, Professor Dodson held the James Edgar Hervey Chair in Litigation.
Expertise
Selected Scholarship
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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
