An expert in civil procedure and federal courts, Professor Scott Dodson is the James Edgar Hervey Chair in Litigation and Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Law SF. He has published eight book titles, including The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Cambridge 2015) and New Pleading in the Twenty-First Century (Oxford 2013). He has written more than 120 shorter works appearing in such journals as Stanford Law Review, New York University Law Review, Michigan Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, California Law Review, Virginia Law Review, Duke Law Journal, Northwestern University Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, American Journal of Comparative Law, American Journal of International Law, Law & Society Review, and Law & Social Inquiry. His scholarly writings have been cited in more than 50 court opinions and have been downloaded more than 70,000 times. For 2010-14 and 2016-20, he was listed among the top 10 most-cited civil-procedure scholars. Professor Dodson is a frequent commentator in the news, including appearances on the 10:00 Nightly News, NPR Radio, and CNN Radio; quotes in various print media; and blogging stints at SCOTUSblog, SCOCAblog, Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog, and PrawfsBlawg. In 2023-24, Professor Dodson was counsel of record in a successful petition for certiorari and eventual 9-0 win on the merits before the U.S. Supreme Court.
