Edward F. Sherman served as the 20th dean and is currently the W.R. Irby Chair in Law at the Tulane University Law School

Tulane University Law School

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. He teaches Civil Procedure

Civil procedure

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 and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Alternative dispute resolution

Alternative Dispute Resolution includes dispute resolution processes and techniques that act as a means for disagreeing parties to come to an agreement short of litigation. ADR basically is an alternative to a formal court hearing or litigation...

. He was previously the Moise F. Steeg, Jr. Professor of Law at Tulane. He has taught at several other schools, including the University of Texas (for 19 years), Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School

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, Stanford Law School

Stanford Law School

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, and the University of London

University of London

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. Through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

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 he helped Vietnam

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 write a new code of civil procedure.

Education

Sherman has five degrees. He earned is BA from Georgetown University

Georgetown University

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, two MA degrees from the University of Texas at El Paso

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, and both an LLB and SJD from Harvard University

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.

Policy stances

• Clients should generally attend ADR
  Alternative dispute resolution
  Alternative Dispute Resolution includes dispute resolution processes and techniques that act as a means for disagreeing parties to come to an agreement short of litigation. ADR basically is an alternative to a formal court hearing or litigation...
  
   proceedings.
• There should be an exception to the mediator-confidentiality privilege when a court needs to obtain information relevant to determining compliance with a court order to participate in ADR in good faith.

Awards

• 2004 winner of the ABA
  American Bar Association
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   Robert B. McKay Award for the law professor who had contributed most to the advancement of justice, scholarship and the legal profession.

Publications

Sherman has authored or edited 19 books and has contributed chapters to 20 more. He has also authored over 50 articles, including two in the Yale Law Journal

Yale Law Journal

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. Some of his more widely know contributions are listed below.

Books

• Processes of Dispute Resolution: The Role of Lawyers (with Rau & Peppet) (Foundation Press 4th ed. 2006).
• Civil Procedure: A Modern Approach (with Marcus & Redish) (West Pub. Co. 1988, 1995, 2000, 4th ed. 2005).
• Complex Litigation: Cases and Materials on Advanced Civil Procedure (with Marcus) (West Pub. Co. 1985, 1992, 1998, 4th ed. 2004).
• Texas ADR & Aribration: Statutes and Commentary (with Rau and Shannon) (West Group 3rd ed.) (2000).
• ADR and Civil Procedure (translated by Prof. Masahiko Omura) (Chuo Univ. Press 1997).
• Cases and Materials on Military Law: The Scope of Military Authority in a Democracy (with Zillman & Blaustein) (Matthew Bender 1978).

Articles

• "The MDL Model for Resolving Complex Litigation If a Class Action Is Not Possible," 82 TUL. L. REV. ___ (2008).
• “Consumer Class Actions: Decline and Fall?,” ABA JOURNAL 51 (June 2007).
• “Evolving Military Justice,” 67 Journal of Military History 999 (July 2003).
• The Evolution of American Civil Trial Process Towards Greater Congruence with Continental Trial Practice, 7 TUL. J. INT'L & COMP. L.
  Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law
  The Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law was founded at Tulane University Law School, in New Orleans, Louisiana, as an outgrowth of that institution's historical tradition as a signpost in the academic world for international and comparative law...
  
   125 (1999).
• Introduction: A Tribute to Professor Athanassios Yiannopoulos, 73 TUL. L. REV. 1017 (1999).
• From “Loser Pays” to Modified Offer of Judgment Rules: Reconciling Incentives to Settle with Access to Justice, 76 TEX. L. REV. 1863 (1998).
• "Good Faith" Participation in Mediation: Aspirational, Not Mandatory, 4 DISP. RES. MAG. 14 (1997).
• Confidentiality in ADR Proceedings: Policy Issues Arising from the Texas Experience, 38 S. TEX. L. REV. 541 (1997).
• A Process Model and Agenda for Civil Justice Reforms in the States, 46 STAN. L. REV. 1553 (1994).
• Managing Complex Litigation: Procedures and Strategies for Lawyers and Courts, 57 TEX. B.J. 149 (1994).
• Court-Mandated Alternative Dispute Resolution: What Form of Participation Should Be Required?, 46 S.M.U. L. REV. 2079 (1993).
• The Immigration Laws and the “Right to Hear” Protected by Academic Freedom, 66 TEX. L. REV. 1547 (1988).
• Restructuring the Trial Process in the Age of Complex Litigation, 63 TEX. L. REV. 721 (1984).
• Traditional and Developing Concepts of Governmental Liability, INST. ON PUBLIC LAW LIABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES (State Bar of Texas, 1981).
• The Development, Discovery, and Use of Computer Support Systems in Achieving Efficiency in Litigation, 79 COLUM. L. REV. 267 (1979).
• A Special Kind of Justice, 84 YALE L.J. 373 (1974).
• Military Justice Without Military Control, 82 YALE L.J. 1398 (1973).
• Congressional Proposals for Reform of Military Law, 10 AM. CRIM. L. REV. 25 (1971).
• The Right to Representation by Out-of-State Attorneys in Civil Rights Cases, 4 HARV. C.R.-C.L. L. REV. 65 (1968).
• The Use of Public Opinion Polls in Continuance and Venue Hearings, 50 A.B.A. J. 357 (1964).

External links

• Faculty profile at the Tulane University Law School.