Bill Dodge

Bill Dodge
Bill Dodge
Born	William S. Dodge; Nigeria
Academic background
Education	Yale University (BA, JD)
Academic work
Discipline	Law
Sub-discipline	International law; Business law
Institutions	University of California, Hastings College of the Law; UC Davis School of Law

William S. Dodge is an American legal scholar working as the John D. Ayer Chair in Business Law at the UC Davis School of Law.

Early life and education

Dodge was born in Nigeria, where his parents were stationed while serving in the Peace Corps. Shortly after he was born, his family returned to the Marin Headlands in Northern California, where Dodge spent the remainder of his childhood. Dodge earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Yale University in 1986 and a Juris Doctor from the Yale Law School in 1991.^[1]

After graduation from law school, he served as law clerk for William A. Norris of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and then Harry Blackmun of the Supreme Court. In 2011 and 2012, Dodge served as an international law counselor to the legal adviser of the Department of State, Harold Hongju Koh.^[2]

Dodge served as acting associate academic dean and professor at University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He is currently a faculty member at the UC Davis School of Law.^[3] Dodge's scholarship focuses on international law and business law. He has published at least 21 articles in major law reviews. His article "The Historical Origins of the Alien Tort Statute: A Response to the Originalists" in the Hastings Law Journal has been cited 168 times.^[4]

^ Goldstein, Brandt (2006-12-12). Storming the Court: How a Band of Law Students Fought the President--and Won. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-3515-7.
^ "Professor Bill Dodge on Human Rights Litigation at the Supreme Court - Yale Law School". law.yale.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
^ Nikos-Rose, Karen Michele (2019-08-14). "William S. Dodge Appointed to Business Law Chair". UC Davis. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
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