R. Lawrence Dessem Publications

Academic Journals

Stepping Aside as Dean, 44 UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVIEW 327 (2013)

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The True Value of a Law Degree, or, Why Did Thurgood Marshall Go to Law School?, 65 HASTINGS LAW JOURNAL VOIR DIRE 11 (2013)

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Forward: Jim Devine’s “Show Me Spirit”, 77 MISSOURI LAW REVIEW 1 (2012)

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Forward: Sandra Day O’Connor, Earl F. Nelson, and State Judicial Selection and Retention Systems, 74 MISSOURI LAW REVIEW 473 (2009)

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Maybe Deaning is Not for You, 39 UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVEIW 261 (2008)

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Knowing Which Deanship is the Right One, 31 SEATTLE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 783 (2008)

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The ABA/AALS Sabbatical Site Inspection: Strangers in a Strange Land, 37 UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVIEW 37 (2005)

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The Fourteenth Rule, 72 TENNESSEE LAW REVIEW 803 (2005)

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Tim, 36 UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVIEW 43 (2004)

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Ten Things Deans Can Do with Students, 35 UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVIEW 45 (2003)

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U.S. News U.: or, The Fighting Volunteer Hurricanes, 52 JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION 468 (2002)

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Unsolicited Advice to Law School Dean Search Committees, 34 UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVIEW 55 (2002)

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Top Ten Reasons to Be a Law School Dean, 33 UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVIEW 19 (2001)

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A Government of Laws and Also of Men: Judge William K. Thomas, 62 OHIO STATE LAW JOURNAL 1327 (2001)

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A Form Letter From the Dean, 50 JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION 457 (2000)

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(Seven Principles for Good Practice in Legal Education): Principle 5: Good Practice Emphasizes Time on Task, 49 JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION 430 (1999)

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A Form Letter to the Dean, 47 JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION 118 (1997)

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All We Really Need to Know About Teaching We Learned in Kindergarten, 62 TENNESSEE LAW REVIEW 1073 (1995)

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The Role of the Federal Magistrate Judge in Civil Justice Reform, 67 ST. JOHN'S LAW REVIEW 799 (1993)

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Judicial Reporting Under the Civil Justice Reform Act: Look, Mom, No Cases!, 54 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH LAW REVIEW 687 (1993)

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Personal Jurisdiction after ASAHI: The Other (International) Shoe Drops, 55 TENNESSEE LAW REVIEW 41 (1987)

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Congressional Standing to Sue: Whose Vote is This, Anyway?, 62 NOTRE DAME LAW REVIEW 1 (1986)

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Sex Discrimination in Coaching, 3 HARVARD WOMEN'S LAW JOURNAL 97 (1980)

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Board of Curators of the University of Missouri v. Horowitz: Academic Versus Judicial Expertise, 39 OHIO STATE LAW JOURNAL 476 (1978)

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Student Due Process Rights in Academic Dismissals from the Public Schools, 5 JOURNAL OF LAW AND EDUCATION 277 (1976)

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Books

Civil Procedure: Representing Clients in Civil Litigation, (Foundation Press, 2016).

Pretrial Litigation in a Nutshell 5th ed., (West 2011)

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Pretrial Litigation : Law, Policy and Practice, 5th ed., (West 2011)

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Pretrial Litigation in a Nutshell 4th ed., (West 2008)

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Pretrial Litigation : Law, Policy, and Practice 4th ed. and Teacher’s Manual, (West 2007)

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Pretrial Litigation in a Nutshell 3rd ed., (West 2001)

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Professional Journals

Emeritus Attorney Pro Bono: From Rules, to Programs, to Law School Clinics, 44 JOURNAL OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION (forthcoming fall 2019).

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