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Note, Dissertation and Directed Research Advisers

Students seeking faculty members to serve as note or dissertation advisers should approach faculty directly to discuss their interests. Students with questions about which faculty might be knowledgeable regarding their chosen topic should consult with the Enrollment Sevices Office. Below is an alphabetical listing of faculty, including topics which the faculty are interested in advising student papers:

  • Scott Altman: Family Law.
  • Jody Armour
  • Scott Bice: Torts.
  • Alex Capron: Bioethics and Law; Health Care Law.
  • Lee Campbell: Evidence; Children's Issues
  • Kareem Crayton
  • David Cruz: Constitutional Law; Federal Courts; Race & Racism; Sex/Gender & Sexism; Sexual Orientation & Heterosexism; Law and Religion; Citizenship; Sovereignty; Choice of Law.
  • Mary Dudziak: Civil Rights History, Constitutional History, Comparative Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights Law, Globalization.
  • Susan Estrich
  • Niels Frenzen: Immigration Law; Refugee and Asylum Law; Human Rights; Humanitarian Law.
  • Ron Garet
  • Elizabeth Garrett
  • Tom Griffith
  • Ariela Gross: Constitutional Law; Equal Protection; First Amendment; Contracts; Race Discrimination; Gender Discrimination; Critical Race Theory; Feminist Theory; Legal History; Jurisprudence; Civil Rights; Employment Law; Labor Law.
  • Gillian Hadfield
  • Carrie Hempel: Civil Rights Litigation; Child Custody and Visitation; Post-conviction Remedies; Women and the Criminal Justice System; Feminist Legal Theory.
  • Ehud Kamar
  • Gregory Keating: Torts, Product Liability, Legal Profession, Jurisprudence.
  • Dan Klerman: Civil Procedure, English Legal History, Intellectual Property Law & Technology.
  • George Lefcoe: Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Transactions; Land Use Planning and Development
  • Marty Levine: Elder Law; Criminal Law and Procedure; Psychology and Law; Legal Theory and Process; Mediation/Preventive Law/ADR.
  • Tom Lyon: Child Abuse and Neglect; Spouse Abuse; Expert Testimony
  • Andrei Marmor
  • Ed McCaffery: Tax; Property; Gender Bias
  • Noel Ragsdale: Employment Law; Labor Law; Poverty and Welfare; Sports Issues--particularly amateur and collegiate.
  • Jean Rosenbluth
  • Elyn Saks: Mental Health Law and Children and the Law.
  • Rob Saltzman: Statutory Interpretation; Professional Responsibility; Disabilities Issues.
  • Mike Shapiro: Constitutional Law; Bioethics
  • Dan Simon: Law & Psychology; Criminal Law (substantive); Crime & Society.
  • Larry Simon: Constitutional Law; Voting Rights; Legal Ethics; Liability Insurance
  • Edwin Smith: International Law; Human Rights; Constitutional Aspects of Foreign Policy; International Organizations, and Governmental Regulation of Transboundary Economic Activity.
  • James Spindler
  • Matthew Spitzer
  • Nomi Stolzenberg
  • Christopher Stone
  • Jennifer Urban
  • Mark Weinstein: Topics Involving Corporate Finance, Securities, or the Entertainment Industries.
  • Charles Whitebread: Criminal Procedure; Gifts, Wills & Trusts.