Chicago Alumni (and Bigelows) on the Teaching Market, 2013-14

This post is strictly for schools doing hiring this year; it concerns our alumni and our Bigelow and other Fellows on the teaching market. I am Chair of the Placement Committee at the Law School, and happy to supply more information, including confidential evaluations, on any of these candidates. You can reach me at bleiter@uchicago.edu or at 773-702-0953. You may also contact the recommenders listed below directly, of course, but I've talked to all the Chicago ones and may be able to save you some time (or point you to the recommenders who would be most helpful given your school's needs/interests).

Here are profiles of the alumni candidates and Bigelows (some are both) who presently have recommenders at Chicago and with whom we have worked, and so about whom we have the most information. (There is one candidate in constitutional law not mentioned below, since his/her employer does not know s/he is on the teaching market; if you have needs in constitutional law, feel free to contact me directly about this candidate, who already has a strong publication record.) All these candidates have submitted materials to the FAR:

Vincent Buccola '08 is presently a Bigelow Fellow at the Law School. He has research and teaching interests in bankruptcy, contracts, business associations, corporate finance, and civil procedure. He graduated with High Honors and Order of the Coif from the Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review. He clerked for Judge Easterbrook on the 7th Circuit, and was a litigator at Bartlit Beck in Chicago for three years. His articles appear in Kansas Law Review and George Mason Law Review. His Chicago references include Douglas Baird, Anthony Casey, Todd Henderson, Saul Levmore, and Judge Easterbrook.

Roger Ford '05 is presently a Bigelow Fellow at the Law School. He has research and teaching interests in intellectual property (esp. patents and trademarks), property, information privacy, criminal and civil procedure, and antitrust. He graduated with Honors and Order of the Coif from the Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review. He practiced patent and trademark litigation and privacy law at Covington & Burlington for five years, and also clerked for Judge Easterbrook on the 7th Circuit. He has also been a Microsoft Research Fellow at NYU, and an adjunct professor at George Mason, where he taught Federal Courts. His articles appear in Cornell Law Review, George Mason Law Review, and elsewhere. His Chicago recommenders include Daniel Abebe, Anthony Casey, Jonathan Masur, Lior Strahilevitz and Judge Easterbrook; his NYU references include Katherine Strandburg.

Randall K. Johnson '12 has research and teaching interests in property, evidence, real estate transactions, land use, and civil rights. At the Law School, he held the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Earl Warren Legal Training Scholarship for two years. He is presently a Law Fellow with the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. His articles appear in Northern Illinois Law Review and Wake Forest Law Review Online. His Chicago recommenders include Lisa Bernstein and Jeff Leslie; Prof. Amos Jones (Campbell) is also available as a reference.

Goldburn P. Maynard, Jr. '05 has research and teaching interests in federal tax, estates and trusts, and estate and gift tax. At Chicago, he was a member of the Law Review, and he also earned an LL.M. in tax at Northwestern. He was a tax associate at Skadden Arps in Chicago, and then an estate tax attorney with the I.R.S. for four years, before taking up his present position as a VAP at Washington University, St. Louis. His scholarship has appeared in the Tulane Law Review. His recommenders include Lisa Bernstein and Lior Strahilevitz at Chicago; Adrienne Davis and Adam Rosenzweig at Wash U; and Nancy Staudt at Southern California.

Greg Reilly is a Bigelow Fellow at the Law School. He has research and teaching interests in intellectual property (esp. patents), civil procedure and complex litigation, federal courts, and contracts. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2006 and clerked for Judge Dyk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He was a patent and products liability litigator with Morrison & Foerster in San Diego for five years before coming to Chicago. His articles appear in Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review, University of Chicago Law Review Dialogue, and elsewhere. His Chicago references include Daniel Abebe, Douglas Baird, Anthony Casey, and Jonathan Masur; his Harvard references include Peter Barton Hutt and Arthur Miller (Prof. Miller is emeritus at Harvard and now teaching at NYU).

Nathan Richardson '09 has research and teaching interests in environmental law, property, administrative and energy law, and law and economics. He graduated with Honors from the Law School, where he was Articles Editor of the Chicago Journal of International Law. He is presently a Research Scholar at Resources for the Future in Washington, DC, where he has extensive experinece doing legal and interdisciplinary research, often in collaboration with economists. His dozen publications appear in Environmental Law, Stanford Journal of Environmental Law, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, and elsewhere. His Chicago recommenders include Anup Malani, Eric Posner, and David Weisbach. He can also provide references from economists.

Veronica Root '08 has research and teaching interests in professional responsibility, employment law, business associations, contracts, and commercial law. At the Law School, she was Managing Editor of the Chicago Journal of International Law, and also received the Mulroy Prize for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy. She clerked for Judge Stewart on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and then litigated with Gibson Dunn in Washington, D.C. for three years, before taking up a Visiting Assistant Professorship at Notre Dame Law School, where she has taught professional responsibility. Her articles appear in University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law and University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform. Her Chicago references include Lisa Bernstein, Emily Buss, and Lior Strahilevitz; her Notre Dame references include Rick Garnett and Mark McKenna.

Aaron D. Simowitz '06 has research and teaching interests in international business transactions, arbitrarion, civil procedure, conflicts, and remedies. He graduated with Honors from the Law School, where he was the Book Reviews Editor and Business Manager of the Law Review. He clerked for Judge D. Brooks Smith on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and was a litigator for four years with Gibson Dunn in New York, where he worked extensively on international commercial disputes. Since 2011, he has been an Acting Assistant Professor in the Lawyering Program at NYU Law School. His articles appear in DePaul Law Review, American Criminal Law Review, and in a forthcoming volume on International Commercial Arbitrarion edited by Franco Ferrari. His Chicago recommenders include Lisa Bernstein, Richard Epstein, and Bernard Harcourt; his NYU references include Franco Ferrari and Linda Silberman.

Finally, if you're curious, you can read about some of our recent placements in law teaching here, here and here, and see a more comprehensive listing here. You can also see a list of past Bigelows and where they now teach here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2349094&forum_id=2#23958111)

*dons scholarly hood*

*stands expectantly*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2349094&forum_id=2#23958168)

I NAME YOU--PRANCING BIGELOW

I NAME YOU--SWEET BIGELOW

I NAME YOU--MOIST BIGELOW

I NAME YOU--BIGELOW KING

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2349094&forum_id=2#23958180)

*arises*

*withdraws a sheaf of cream-colored stock from vestment pocket*

Accept this, the scholarship of my scholarship, a token of my life's blood, from my hands to yours, let its fragrance be sweet, let its odor be pleasing to you. May it be light like the dew and sweet like honey, the honey of scholarly bees.

*bows head, hands extended*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2349094&forum_id=2#23958198)

__________

guess race

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2349094&forum_id=2#23958221)

beats yann perrod

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2349094&forum_id=2#23962607)

Chicago Alumni, Bigelows, and Public Law Fellows on the Teaching Market, 2014-15

In order to protect the privacy of our candidates, please e-mail me at bleiter@uchicago.edu to get a copy of the detailed profiles of our candidates, including hyperlinks to their homepages. All these candidates (but one) will be in the first FAR distribution.

http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2014/09/chicago-alumni-bigelows-and-public-law-fellows-on-the-teaching-market-2014-15.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2349094&forum_id=2#26378102)