Horace O. Coil Chair in Litigation and Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Law – San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings Law)
San Francisco, CA
Joined January 2014
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New paper of mine dropping this week on the use of generative AI in Supreme Court petitions. I find more than 20% of petitions for certiorari filed in 2025-26 with nontrivial AI use.
I conclude that AI has come to the Court and the time is now to study its positive/negative effects (I did not try to code for the quality of the AI-generated portions)
AI use is positively (and significantly) correlated with pro se parties and small firms and negatively (and significantly) correlated with large firms and govt attorneys. AI is also negatively correlated w/ grant likelihood, though the sig disappears after controlling for firm
Appreciate the Fifth Circuit's citation to my @califlrev paper on consent to personal jurisdiction in SEC v. Hill. Consent is tricky business! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
Appreciate that the Seventh Circuit cited to my paper (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…) on the jurisdictional character of the political-question doctrine yesterday. law.justia.com/cases/federal…
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UC Law Journal was proud to celebrate Emeritus Distinguished Professor Rick Marcus and the publication of its special festschrift issue honoring his extraordinary legacy in legal scholarship and civil procedure.
The Erin Brockovich story of our time. A must read. 👇👇
Speaking on opt outs tomorrow at the @ABAesq Class Action Conference events.americanbar.org/event…
Excited that Justice Jackson cited to my @NwULRev paper “Rethinking Extraordinary Circumstances” in yesterday’s #scotus case on FRCP 60 BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman. The paper is linked here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
A side note is that the paper is only 10 pages. I have long argued that important ideas can be argued concisely (see my “The Short Paper”). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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.@ProfDodson explores the complexities underlying consent to personal jurisdiction and argues those complexities should be embraced, not ignored.
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Seems like an appropriate time to highlight this recent paper of mine, forthcoming in @IowaLawReview later this year. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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Comparative Civil Procedure, edited by @Northeastern's Margaret Woo and @lawinmaastricht's Cornelis Hendrik van Rhee
Contributors incl: @shahlafali @jurygirltweet
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Read the free chapter ➡️ doi.org/10.4337/978178643441…
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ALT Bringing together an international array of legal scholars, this discerning Research Handbook provides a comparative analysis of civil procedure law. Chapters examine the rules that dictate how a civil dispute is initiated, processed, decided and enforced in a court of law, comparing each aspect of the procedure across continents including Asia, Europe and the Americas.
The dissent from en banc review in Vanegas v. Signet Builders (7th Circuit) law.justia.com/cases/federal…, tracking and citing my arguments here ndlawreview.org/wp-content/u…, is right on the money. Cert petition forthcoming?
Thanks @lsolum for noting this paper as “recommended”!
Dodson on the Supreme Court and Public Opinion, buff.ly/409fKoB - Scott Dodson (UC Law, San Francisco) has posted The Supreme Court and Public Opinion (111 Iowa Law Review (forthcoming 2025)) on SSRN.
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Dodson on the Supreme Court and Public Opinion, buff.ly/409fKoB - Scott Dodson (UC Law, San Francisco) has posted The Supreme Court and Public Opinion (111 Iowa Law Review (forthcoming 2025)) on SSRN.
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Dodson on Restoring Chevron by Statute, buff.ly/3PvKJWW - Scott Dodson (UC Law, San Francisco) has posted Restoring Chevron by Statute on SSRN.