William Rubenstein

Sidley Austin Professor of Law

Research Interests

• Civil Procedure
• Complex Litigation

Subject Areas for Accepting Press Inquiries

• Attorneys' Fees
• Civil Procedure
• Class Action Law
• Complex Litigation
• Remedies

Education

• Yale College B.A. 1982
• Harvard Law School J.D. 1986

Appointments

• Visiting Professor of Law, 2004, 2006
• Bruce Bromley Visiting Professor of Law, 2006-2007
• Professor of Law, 2007
• Sidley Austin Professor of Law, 2011

Other Information

2011-2012 Faculty Disclosures re: Related Outside Interests and Activities

Representative Publications

• Rubenstein, William. "Finality in Class Action Litigation: Lessons From Habeas," 82 New York University Law Review 791 (2007).
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• Rubenstein, William. "Why Create Litigation? A Positive Externalities Theory of the Small Claims Class Action," 74 University of Missouri Kansas City Law Review 709 (2006).
  
• Rubenstein, William. "The Fairness Hearing: Adversarial and Regulatory Approaches," 53 UCLA Law Review 1435 (2006).
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Bibliography

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