David L. Shapiro

William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Emeritus

Research Interests

• Civil Procedure
• Federal System
• Legal Profession
• Statutory Interpretation

Subject Areas for Supervising Written Work

• Civil Procedure
• Federal Jurisdiction
• Statutory Interpretation

Subject Areas for Accepting Press Inquiries

• Civil Rights and Liberties
• Civil Rights and Litigation
• Federal Courts
• Procedure (arguments, strategies)
• Supreme Court

Education

• Harvard College B.A. 1954
• Harvard Law School LL.B. 1957

Appointments

• Assistant Professor of Law, 1963
• Professor of Law, 1966-84
• Associate Dean, 1971-76
• William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, 1984-2006
• William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Emeritus, 2006

Representative Publications

• Shapiro, David L., Richard H. Fallon, John F. Manning & Daniel J. Meltzer. Hart and Wechsler's The Federal Courts and the Federal System (Foundation Press 6th ed. 2009).
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• Shapiro, David L. Civil Procedure: Preclusion in Civil Actions (Foundation Press 2001).
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• Shapiro, David L. "Class Actions: The Class as Party and Client," 73 Notre Dame Law Review 913 (1998).
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• Shapiro, David L. Federalism: A Dialogue (Northwestern University Press 1995).
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  (Selected as one of the outstanding academic books of 1996, 34 Choice (Current Reviews for Academic Libraries) 739, 756 (1997))
  
• Shapiro, David L. "Continuity and Change in Statutory Interpretation," 67 New York University Law Review 921 (1992).
  

Bibliography

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