Bill Dodge
Bill Dodge | |
|---|---|
| Born | William S. Dodge |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Yale University (BA, JD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Law |
| Sub-discipline | International law Business law |
| Institutions | University of California, Hastings College of the Law UC Davis School of Law The George Washington University Law School |
William S. Dodge is an American legal scholar working as the Lobingier Professor of Comparative Law and Jurisprudence at The George Washington University Law School.[1] He is Professor of Law Emeritus at the UC Davis School of Law. [2]
Early life and education
[edit]Dodge was born in Nigeria, where his parents were stationed while serving in the Peace Corps. Shortly after he was born, his family returned to the Marin Headlands in Northern California, where Dodge spent the remainder of his childhood. Dodge earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Yale University in 1986 and a Juris Doctor from the Yale Law School in 1991.[3]
Career
[edit]After graduation from law school, he served as law clerk for William A. Norris of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and then Harry Blackmun of the Supreme Court. In 2011 and 2012, Dodge served as an international law counselor to the legal adviser of the Department of State, Harold Hongju Koh.[4]
Dodge served as acting associate academic dean and professor at University of California, Hastings College of the Law. In August 2024 he joined the faculty at The George Washington University Law School as the Lobingier Professor of Comparative Law and Jurisprudence.[5] Dodge's scholarship focuses on international law and business law. He has published at least 21 articles in major law reviews. His article "The Historical Origins of the Alien Tort Statute: A Response to the Originalists" in the Hastings Law Journal has been cited 168 times.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.law.gwu.edu/william-dodge
- ^ https://law.ucdavis.edu/people/william-dodge
- ^ Goldstein, Brandt (2006-12-12). Storming the Court: How a Band of Law Students Fought the President--and Won. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-3515-7.
- ^ "Professor Bill Dodge on Human Rights Litigation at the Supreme Court - Yale Law School". law.yale.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ^ https://tlblog.org/tlb-editor-bill-dodge-to-join-gw-law/
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
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See also
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- Yale Law School alumni
- University of California, Davis faculty
- Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Living people
- United States legal academic stubs
- Yale University alumni
- People from Marin County, California
- California lawyers
- UC Davis School of Law faculty
- United States Department of State officials