James Edgar Hervey Chair in Litigation and Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law
Professor Dodson is the James Edgar Hervey Chair in Litigation, the Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law, and the Director of the Center for Litigation and Courts at University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. He has written more than 100 works on civil procedure and federal courts 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 leading peer-reviewed journals, including American Journal of Comparative Law, American Journal of International Law, Law & Society Review, Law & Social Inquiry, and Civil Justice Quarterly. He is the author or editor of eight book titles, including The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Cambridge 2015, 2d ed. 2022) and New Pleading in the Twenty-First Century (Oxford 2013). His scholarly writings have been cited in more than forty-five 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 from SSRN and the Scholarship Repository, and he was listed in the top-10 most-cited civil-procedure scholars by Brian Leiter 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. From 2021 to 2023, he hosted the podcast "Litigation Briefs: Media Shorts on Law and Courts."
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About Scott Dodson
Professor Dodson is the James Edgar Hervey Chair in Litigation, the Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law, and the Director of the Center for Litigation and Courts at University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. He has written more than 100 works on civil procedure and federal courts 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 leading peer-reviewed journals, including American Journal of Comparative Law, American Journal of International Law, Law & Society Review, Law & Social Inquiry, and Civil Justice Quarterly. He is the author or editor of eight book titles, including The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Cambridge 2015, 2d ed. 2022) and New Pleading in the Twenty-First Century (Oxford 2013). His scholarly writings have been cited in more than forty-five 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 from SSRN and the Scholarship Repository, and he was listed in the top-10 most-cited civil-procedure scholars by Brian Leiter 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. From 2021 to 2023, he hosted the podcast "Litigation Briefs: Media Shorts on Law and Courts."
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Civil Procedure and Federal Courts
Courses
- Civil Procedure
- Federal Courts
- Comparative Civil Procedure
- Conflict of Laws
Contact Information
University of California
Hastings College of the Law
200 McAllister
San Francisco, CA 94102
