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FULL-TIME FACULTY
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Linda Sandstrom Simard |
Associate Dean and Professor of Law
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| S H O R T B I O G R A P H Y |
Linda Simard researches and writes in the area of civil litigation. She has conducted empirical research, most recently involving a nationwide study of the role of amicus curiae in federal litigation, as well as authored several articles on the constitutional limits of personal jurisdiction and the admissibility of expert testimony. In addition to her research and writing, Dean Simard teaches in the area of civil litigation and has been appointed by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to serve as a member of the Committee to Evaluate the Criminal Justice Act Plan and a member of the Merit Selection Panel for Federal Magistrate Appointment.
Prior to joining the Suffolk faculty, Dean Simard clerked for Judge William G. Young on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and practiced complex litigation at the Boston firm of Hale and Dorr.
Degrees:
BS, University of Delaware; JD, Boston College
Bar Admittance:
MA; Federal District Court of MA; United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; United States Supreme Court.
Subjects:
Civil Procedure; Federal Courts; Pretrial Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation
Professional Activities:
Member, Order of the Coif; Com. to Evaluate the Implementation of the Criminal Justice Act Plan, District of MA; Merit Selection Panel for Federal Magistrate Appointment; Member, Motar Board Honor Society; Director, Downtown Steering Committee, Town of Reading, Massachusetts; Member, Economic Development Working Group, Town of Reading, Massachusetts.
| S E L E C T E D P U B L I C A T I O N S |
An Empirical Study of Amici Curiae in Federal Court: A Fine Balance of Access, Efficiency, and Adversarialism, 27 REV. LITIG. 669 (2008)
Meeting Expectations: Two Profiles for Specific Jurisdiction, 38 IND. L. REV. 1 (2005)
Exploring the Limits of Specific Personal Jurisdiction, 62 OHIO ST. L.J. 1619 (2001)
Hybrid Personal Jurisdiction: It’s Not General Jurisdiction or Specific Jurisdiction, But Is It Constitutional?, 48 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 559 (1998)
Coordinating Civil Procedure with Legal Research and Writing: A Field Experiment, 47 J. LEGAL EDUC. 246 (1997) (with Joseph W. Glannon, Terry J. Seligmann and Medb M. Sichko)
Standing Alone: Do We Still Need the Poiltical Question Doctrine?, 100 DICK. L. REV.. 303 (1996)
Daubert's Gatekeeper: The Role of the District Court Judge in Admitting Expert Testimony, 68 TUL. L. REV. 1457 (1994) (with Honorable William G. Young, USDC District of Massachusetts)
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Associate Dean Linda Sandstrom Simard
Suffolk University Law School
120 Tremont Street
, Suite 340-G
Boston, MA 02108-4977
t. 617.573-8087
f. 617.305.3086
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