SAINTLOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
3700LINDELL BOULEVARD
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63108
Telephone: (314) 977-2766
Fax: (314) 977-3333
URL: http://law.slu.edu
ABA Approved Since 1924
Saint Louis University School of Law offers an
atmosphere that is the result of a number of factors, including the Jesuit
educational traditions, our outstanding faculty and students, and the rich
quality of life in a thriving midwestern city. The Jesuit nature of the
institution is manifested by our commitment to academic excellence and freedom
of inquiry, a genuine concern for the development of each student as a person,
and an effort to sensitize students to the moral and ethical dimensions of law
and lawyering.
Unique to the School of Law
is the special rapport among students, faculty and staff. Over the years, the
School has built a reputation for a close‑knit community founded on
mutual support and friendship. Members of our faculty have authored countless
casebooks, treatises, monographs, anthologies, articles, essays and other
materials in prominent presses and law journals around the nation and the
world. Distinguished Visiting Professors have come form Columbia,
Berkeley, Virginia,
Oxford, and
from the Polish and South African Constitutional Courts.
This remarkable group of people produces a rich and
diverse curriculum in which students can receive a broad, general legal
education or can specialize. We have leading Centers and Certificates in Health
Law International and Comparative Law, Health Law and Employment Law. The
School also has a great strength in civil and criminal litigation, corporate
law, tax, urban planning and environmental law, and professional skills.
A student may pursue the J.D. degree as a full‑time
day student for three years or as a part‑time evening student for four
years. The academic quality, rigor and admissions standards are similar in both
the full-time and part‑time program. The same faculty members teach in
both the full and part‑time programs.
Placement for the Class of 2005 was 92 percent placed
with 100 percent reporting six months after graduation. Tuition is
approximately the national median for private schools and more than one‑third
of the entering class are awarded merit scholarships.
Over the past few years, approximately 47 percent of
our entering class have come from Missouri, 20
percent from Illinois and about 33 percent
from 24‑33 other states and Districtof Columbia and several foreign countries; 48 percent
are female, 15 percent are minority.
The Schoolof Law offers a small,
highly selective LL.M. program in health law. The School also offers an LL.M.
for Foreign Lawyers which has attracted students from around the world,
including Germany, China, France,
India, Israel, Russia,
Nepal, Eritrea and Moldova.
The School of Law is located on the main campus of Saint Louis University,
founded as St. LouisCollege in 1818. It received
its University charter in 1832 and became the first university west of the Mississippi. The law
faculty offices are located in the law library, which contributes significantly
to the collegial atmosphere of the School.
The campus is located in the part of the city of St. Louis known as midtown, just a few blocks from the
Powell Symphony Hall, part of the GrandCenter arts and
entertainment district and only ten minutes from the Arch, the riverfront and
downtown. St. Louis
offers the amenities of urban living without the inconveniences and high costs
normally associated with living in a major metropolitan area.
Dean and Professor of Law:
Jeffrey E. Lewis (314) 977‑8172
Senior Associate Dean/Faculty:
Nicolas P. Terry (314) 977‑2766
Associate Dean/Academic Affairs:
Dana Underwood (314) 977‑7032
Associate Dean/Administration:
Denise M. Woods (314) 977‑2700
Library Director:
Mark P. Bernstein (314) 977‑7201
Assistant Dean and Director/Admissions:
Michael J. Kolnik (314) 977‑2800
Assistant Dean/Development and Alumni Affairs:
Danielle Jacoby (314) 977‑3300
Assistant Dean/Career Services:
Mary P. McInnis (314) 977‑7100
Assistant Dean/Communications:
Kathleen Carroll Parvis (314) 977‑7248
FULL TIME FACULTY
JEFFREY E. LEWIS, (Dean & Professor), born Oregon, September
23, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Ohio.
Education: DukeUniversity (A.B., 1966;
J.D., 1969). COURSES: Evidence, Remedies.
JOHN J. AMMANN, (Clinical Professor and Director, Civil Clinic), born St. Louis, Missouri, July 2, 1958; admitted to
bar, 1984, Missouri; 1985, Illinois. Education: Southern Illinois University
(B.A., 1979); St. LouisUniversity (J.D., 1984). COURSES:
Civil Practice, Urban Issues.
MARK P. BERNSTEIN, (Director of the Law Library/Assistant Professor), Education: University
of Pittsburgh (B.A., 1979; MLS, 1986);
Tulane University LawSchool (J.D., 1982). COURSES:
Advanced Legal Research.
FREDERIC M. BLOOM, (Assistant Professor), Education: Washington
University (B.A., 1997); Stanford University LawSchool (J.D., 2002). COURSES:
Civil Procedure, Complex Litigation.
MATTHEW T. BODIE, (Associate Professor), Education: Princeton
University (A.B., 1991); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1996); New York
University Schoolof Law (LL.M., 2005). COURSES:
Contracts, Employment Law.
TERI J. DOBBINS, (Associate Professor), born Toledo, Ohio, March 21, 1972; admitted to bar,
1997, Texas. Education: DukeUniversity (B.A., 1993;
J.D., 1997). COURSES: Contracts, Commercial Transactions. Email:
dobbinst@slu.edu
ISAAK DORE, (Professor of Law), born Lusaka, Zambia,
September 21, 1950; admitted to bar, 1973, Zambia. Education: University of Zambia
(LL.B., 1972; LL.M., 1975); YaleLaw School
(LL.M., 1976; J.S.D., 1978). COURSES: Constitutional Law,
International Commercial Arbitration, International Economic Law, International
Law and Human Rights, International Law, Jurisprudence.
JOHN E. DUNSFORD, (Chester A. Myers
Chair), admitted to bar, 1956, Missouri. Education:
St. Louis University
(B.S., 1950); St. Louis University School of Law
(J.D., 1956); HarvardUniversity LawSchool (LL.M., 1961). COURSES:
Arbitration, Jurisprudence, Labor Law, Public Employees Law, Religion, Morality
and Law.
SUSAN A. FITZGIBBON, (Professor of Law and Director, William C. Wefel Center
for Employment Law), born St. Louis,
Missouri, October 22, 1949; admitted to bar, 1984, Missouri. Education: Barat College
(B.A., 1971); St. Louis University School of Law (J.D., 1984). COURSES:
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Contracts, Employment Discrimination, Public
Employment.
BRADLEY E.S. FOGEL, (Professor of Law), born New York, NewYork; admitted to bar, 1994, New York. Education: New York University
(B.A., 1990; L.L.M., 1988); Columbia
(J.D., 1994). COURSES: Business Associations, Estate & Gift
Tax, Estate Planning, Tax, Trusts & Estates.
STANISLAW FRANKOWSKI, (Professor Emeritus), born Warsaw,Poland,
November 13, 1939. Education: University
of Warsaw (LL.M., 1962; Ph.D., 1968;
J.S.D., 1976); New YorkUniversity School
of Law (LL.M., 1973). COURSES: Criminal Law, Family Law, Juvenile
Law.
ROBERT GATTER, (Professor of Law), born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
February 14, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Colorado;
1995, Wisconsin.
Education: Johns Hopkins University
(B.A., 1986); Medical College of Wisconsin (M.A., 1995); University of Pennsylvania Law School
(J.D., 1990). COURSES: Health Law, Administrative Law.
BARBARA J. GILCHRIST, (Clinical Professor), born Evansville, Indiana, November 6, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Missouri. Education:
Wichita State
University (B.A., 1971); Washington University
(J.D., 1976); St. LouisUniversity (Ph.D., 1999).
COURSES: Civil Clinic, Judicial Process Clinic, Client
Counseling, Elder Law, Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration.
ROGER L. GOLDMAN, (Callis Family Professor of Law), born St. Louis, Missouri, June 13, 1941; admitted to
bar, 1966, Missouri. Education: Harvard
College (A.B., 1963); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1966). COURSES:
Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Criminal Procedure.
JESSE A. GOLDNER, (John D. Valentine Professor of Law and Co‑editor‑in‑chief,
Journal of Health Law), born New York, N.Y., August 6,
1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Missouri.
Education: Columbia University (A.B., 1969; M.A., 1971); Harvard Law School
(J.D., 1973). COURSES: Health Law, Evidence, Family, Clinical.
JOEL K. GOLDSTEIN, (Vincent C. Immel Professor of Law), born St. Louis, Missouri, April 18, 1953; admitted to
bar, 1981, Missouri; 1982, Illinois. Education: Princeton
University (A.B., 1975); Rhodes
Scholar, Oxford University
(B.Phil, 1977; D.Phil. 1978); HarvardUniversity LawSchool (J.D., 1981). COURSES:
Contracts, Admiralty, Constitutional Law, Federal Jurisdiction.
THOMAS L. GREANEY, (Chester A. Myers
Professor of Law and Co‑Director, Center for Health Law Studies), born December 2, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, District of Columbia. Education:
Wesleyan University
(B.A., 1970); HarvardUniversity LawSchool (J.D., 1973). COURSES:
Antitrust, Corporations, Health Care Law, Mergers and Joint Ventures, Regulated
Industries, Non‑Profit Organizations.
JOHN M. GRIESBACH, (Associate Professor), born Toronto,Canada, April
13, 1948. Education: Marquette University (B.A., 1970); Harvard UniversityLaw School
(J.D., 1976; LL.M., 1977). COURSES: Torts, Administrative Law,
Jurisprudence, Natural Resources Regulation, State and Local Government Law.
PATRICIA HARRISON, (Assistant Clinical Professor), born St. Louis, Missouri, August 8, 1967; admitted to
bar, 1993, Missouri; 1994, Kansas. Education: SaintLouis University
(B.S.W., 1990); University of Missouri ‑ Kansas City (J.D., 1993). COURSES:
Civil Clinic, Client Counseling. Email:
rharrison001@earthlink.net
JOYCE SAVIO HERLETH, (Director/Academic Advising), born St. Louis, Missouri, March 22, 1953; admitted to
bar, 1979, Missouri. Education: Saint Louis UniversitySchool of Law (B.A.,
1975; J.D., 1979). COURSES: Academic Support, Legal Methods,
Foundations of Law, Legal Research & Writing. Email:
herlethj@slu.edu
ALAN J. HOWARD, (Professor of Law), born
Washington, D.C., March 25, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Illinois; 1973,
District of Columbia. Education: Cornell
University (B.S., 1969); University of Chicago (J.D., 1972). COURSES:
Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Legal History.
VINCENT C. IMMEL, (Professor Emeritus), born Gibsonburg, Ohio, March 15, 1920; admitted to
bar, 1949, Ohio; 1962, Missouri. Education: University
of Toledo; BowlingGreen State University (B.S.Ed., 1941); University of Michigan
(J.D., 1948). COURSES: Contracts, Remedies.
SANDRA H. JOHNSON, (Professor of Law and Tenet Chair in Health Care, Law
and Ethics), born St. Louis, Missouri,
January 20, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, New York. Education: St. Louis University
(B.A., 1973); New York University School of Law
(J.D., 1976); YaleLaw School
(LL.M., 1977). COURSES: Health Law, Bioethics.
TWINETTE JOHNSON, (Legal Research and Writing Professor), admitted to bar, 2001, New York;
2003, Missouri.
Education: Saint Louis University (B.A., 1996); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., 1999). COURSES:
Legal Research, Writing. Email: johnsot@slu.edu
NANCY H. KAUFMAN, (Professor of Law), born Baltimore, Maryland,
May 19, 1951; admitted to bar, 1984, Wisconsin
and Illinois.
Education: George Washington University
(B.A., 1973); Universityof Wisconsin‑Madison
(J.D., 1984). COURSES: Taxation, International Law.
DONALD B. KING, (Professor Emeritus), born
Corvallis, Oregon, July 11, 1932; admitted to bar, 1958, Washington; 1970,
Missouri. Education: Washington
State University
(B.S., 1954); Harvard University Law
School (J.D., 1957); NewYork University School of
Law (LL.M., 1963); St. Louis University
(M.S.W., 1979). COURSES: Commercial Law, Comparative Law,
Consumer Law, Corporations, Creditors' and Debtors' Rights, Law and Society,
Products Liability.
MICHAEL J. KOLNIK, (Assistant Dean and Director of Admissions), born Metairie, Louisiana, December 28, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Missouri; 1995, Illinois.
Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1991); Saint Louis UniversitySchool of Law (J.D.,
1994). Email: kolnikmj@slu.edu
MICHAEL M. KORYBUT, (Professor of Law), born New York, NewYork, December 26, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, California. Education: Claremont McKenna
College (B.A., 1985); Stanford Law School
(J.D., 1990). COURSES: Commercial Law, Secured Transactions;
Bankruptcy, Creditors' & Debtors' Rights.
YVETTE JOY LIEBESMAN, (Assistant Professor of Law), born Rahway, New Jersey, December 28, 1963; admitted
to bar, 2006, New Jersey. Education: Georgetown
University (A.B., 1986); Rutgers, The State University
of New Jersey (B.A., 1989); University of California, San Diego ‑
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (M.S., 1991); Georgetown UniversityLaw Center
(J.D., 2006). COURSES: Intellectual Property, Property.
SUSAN WOODS MCGRAUGH, (Assistant Clinical Professor), born Oak Park, Illinois, July 27, 1963; admitted to
bar, 1988, Missouri; 1989, Illinois. Education: Drake
University (B.A., 1985); Washington University (J.D., 1988). COURSES:
Criminal Defense Clinic. Email: mcgraughs@slu.edu
MARY P. MCINNIS, (Assistant Dean for Career Development/Director of
Career Services), admitted to bar,
1987, Missouri.
Education: Saint LouisUniversity (B.A., 1982;
B.S., 1982; J.D., 1987).
ERIC J. MILLER, (Associate Professor), born Glasgow, Scotland,
1969. Education: University of Edinburgh (LL.B., 1991); Harvard LawSchool (LLM, 1993). COURSES:
Criminal Law, Critical Race Theory Seminar Criminal Procedure II.
CAROL A. NEEDHAM, (Professor of Law, Executive Editor, Northwestern University Law Review), born Chicago, Illinois, November 1, 1957; admitted
to bar, 1985, Illinois; 1987, California; 1989, District of Columbia. Education:
Northwestern University (B.A., 1979); University
of Virginia (M.A., 1982); Northwestern
University Schoolof Law (J.D., 1985). COURSES:
Remedies, Business Law and Ethics, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Procedure,
Legal Profession, Negotiation Theory and Strategy.
CAMILLE A. NELSON, (Professor of Law), born Kingston, Jamaica, August 22, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996,
Ontario, Canada. Education: University of Toronto
(B.A., 1987); University of Ottawa (LL.B., 1994); Columbia UniversitySchool of Law (LL.M.,
2000). COURSES: Contracts, Torts, Women & the Law, Critical
Race Theory, Professional Responsibility, Sports, Ethics and the Law. Email:
nelsonca@slu.edu
FRANCIS M. NEVINS, (Professor Emeritus), born Bayonne, New Jersey, January 6, 1943; admitted
to bar, 1967, New Jersey. Education: St. Peter's College (A.B., 1964); New York University School of Law
(J.D., 1967). COURSES: Estates and Administration, Copyright, Law
and Electronic Media, Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence.
JOHN C. O'BRIEN, (Professor of Law), born Troy, New York, November 12, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, New
York; 1970, District of Columbia; 1974, Illinois; 1977, Missouri. Education:
Yale University
(B.A., 1964); HarvardUniversity LawSchool (J.D., 1967). COURSES:
Evidence, Trial Advocacy, Legal Profession, Torts, Administrative Law.
HENRY M. ORDOWER, (Professor of Law and Co‑Director, Center for
International and Comparative Law), born
Chicago, Illinois, January 31, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois; 1978, Missouri.
Education: Washington University (A.B., 1967); University of Chicago
(M.A., 1970; J.D., 1975). COURSES: Corporate Finance,
International Transactions, Law and Literature, Taxation.
KAREN PETROSKI, (Assistant Professor), born
Urbana, Illinois, April 23, 1968; admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education:
Duke University
(A.B., 1990); Columbia University (Ph.D., 1999); University
of California, Berkeley BoaltHall School
of Law (J.D., 2004). COURSES: Civil Procedure, Legislation.
JEFF REDDING, (Assistant Professor), born Ann Arbor, Michigan,
August 23, 1974. Education: Harvard
College (B.A., 1996); University of Chicago (J.D., 2000). COURSES:
Comparative Law, Civil Procedure.
JOSEF ROHLIK, (Professor of Law), born Brno, Czechoslovakia,
April 21, 1940; admitted to bar, 1962, Czechoslovakia. Education: Charles University
(LL.B., 1962; Judr., 1965; CSc., 1968); Columbia UniversitySchool of Law (LL.M.,
1969). COURSES: Arbitration, Commercial Law, Comparative Law,
Conflict of Laws, International Law, International Organizations, International
Transactions.
CHRISTINE E. ROLLINS, (Director of Legal Research and Writing), born Saint Louis, Missouri, October 19, 1969;
admitted to bar, 1996, Missouri. Education: Quincy
University (B.S., 1992); Saint Louis University (J.D., 1996). COURSES:
Legal Research, Writing.
KERRY A. RYAN, (Assistant Professor), Education:
Cornell University
(B.S., 1994); Tulane University (MBA, 1998); Tulane
Law School
(J.D., 2001); University of Florida Collegeof Law (L.L.M., 2002). COURSES:
Estate and Trusts; Estates and Gift Tax.
PETER W. SALSICH, JR., (McDonnell Professor of Justice), born New York,
October 23, 1937; admitted to bar, 1966, Missouri.
Education: Notre Dame University
(A.B., 1959); St. Louis University School of Law (J.D., 1965). COURSES:
Property, Land Use Regulation, Legal Professions, Real Estate Transactions,
Housing, Local Government, Contracts.
ANN M. SCARLETT, (Assistant Professor), admitted to bar, 1998, Missouri;
1999, Kansas.
Education: Kansas State University
(B.A., 1995); University of Kansas Schoolof Law (J.D., 1998). COURSES:
Civil Procedure; Business Associations.
EILEEN H. SEARLS, (Professor Emeritus), born Madison, Wisconsin, April 27, 1925; admitted to bar, 1950, Wisconsin. Education:
University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1948; J.D., 1950;
M.S.L.S., 1951). COURSES: Legal Research & Writing.
JOSEPH J. SIMEONE, (Professor Emeritus), born Quincy, Illinois, October 8, 1921; admitted to
bar, 1946, Illinois and Missouri. Education: Quincy
University (LL.D., 1940); Saint Louis University
(B.S., 1953); Washington University (J.D., 1946); University of Michigan
(LL.M., 1954; S.J.D., 1962). COURSES: Civil Procedure, Seminars. Email:
simeonej@slu.edu
NICOLAS P. TERRY, (Associate Dean, Chester
A. Meyers Professor of Law, Co‑Director, Center for Health Law Studies), born London,England,
December 5, 1952. Education: Kingston
University (B.A., 1975); University of Cambridge (LL.M., 1976). COURSES:
Torts, Products Liability, Cyberspace Law, Health Law, Professional
Malpractice, Computer Law.
STEPHEN C. THAMAN, (Professor of Law and Co‑Director, Center for
International and Comparative Law),
born Berkeley, California,
August 23, 1946; admitted to bar, 1975, California.
Education: University of California, Berkeley
(B.A., 1968; M.A., 1969; J.D., 1975); Universityof Freiburg, Germany
(Dr.iur., 1992). COURSES: Criminal Law and Procedure, Comparative
Criminal Procedure.
DENNIS TUCHLER, (Professor Emeritus), born
Berlin, Germany, December 25, 1938; admitted to bar, 1964, District of Columbia
and Maryland; 1971, Missouri. Education: Reed
College (B.A., 1960); University of Chicago (J.D., 1963). COURSES:
Remedies, Legal Profession, Conflict of Laws, Legislation.
KENT T. VAN DEN BERG, (Legal Research and Writing Professor), born Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 17, 1942; admitted to bar, 1984, Washington. Education:
Yale University (B.A., 1964; Ph.D., 1970;
J.D., 1984). COURSES: Legal Research and Writing. Email:
vandenkt@slu.edu
CONSTANCE Z. WAGNER, (Associate Professor), born Chicago, Illinois, February 17, 1954; admitted
to bar, 1981, New York; 2000, Missouri. Education: Northwestern
University (B.A., 1976); Columbia University (J.D., 1980); University
of Konstanz (Germany)
(L.L.M., 1994). COURSES: Corporations, Securities Regulation,
International Trade Law, Banking Regulation, International Business
Transactions, Women in International Law.
ANDERS E. WALKER, (Assistant Professor), born SanJose, California,
February 7, 1972. Education: Wesleyan
University (B.A., 1994); Duke University
(M.A., 1998); Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1998); Yale University
(Ph.D., 2003). COURSES: Criminal Law, Legal History.
SIDNEY D. WATSON, (Professor of Law), born Philadelphia, Mississippi,
January 5, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana;
1986, Alaska.
Education: University of Southwestern Louisiana (B.A., 1974); Harvard University (J.D., 1977). COURSES:
Health Care Law, Bioethics and Law, Access to Health Care Seminar.
ALAN M. WEINBERGER, (Professor of Law), born Bayonne, New Jersey, September 2, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975,
Michigan; 1980, District of Columbia. Education: University of Michigan
(B.A., 1972; J.D., 1975). COURSES: Property, Business
Associations, Securities Regulation, Real Estate Transactions.
DOUGLAS R. WILLIAMS, (Professor),
born May 25, 1955; admitted to bar, 1987, North Carolina;
1988, District of Columbia.
Education: Augustana College (B.A., 1984); Duke University
(M.A., 1987); Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1987). COURSES:
Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Environmental Law & Business,
International Environmental Law.
MOLLY WILSON, (Assistant Professor), Education:
Wesleyan University
(B.A., 1995); University of Virginia (M.A., 2001; Ph.D., 2004); University of Virginia
School of Law (J.D., 2004). COURSES:
Torts, Family Law.