草榴社区

David S. Caudill

Professor of Law
Arthur M. Goldberg Family Chair

Biography

David Caudill joined the 草榴社区 Law faculty in 2005 as professor of law and the first Arthur M. Goldberg Family Chair.

Caudill earned his JD from the University of Houston Law Center, and was editor-in-chief of the Law Review, and articles editor of the Houston Journal of International Law. He earned his PhD in philosophy from the Free University of Amsterdam and his BA in philosophy from Michigan State University. More recently, he has completed postdoctoral graduate work at the Science and Technology Studies Program at Virginia Tech, and at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. He received a SKAPP grant in 2007 to study local water pollution controversies, and he was the 2007/2008 Soci茅t茅 de Chimie Industrielle (American Section) Fellow; he was in residence at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (Philadelphia) in the spring of 2008.

After graduating from the University of Houston Law Center, Caudill clerked for the Honorable John Brown of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit before joining Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye in San Diego and then Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody in Austin. While in Austin, he also taught as adjunct professor at the University of Texas. He joined the Washington and Lee faculty in 1989. He has taught as visiting faculty at the University of Texas, Southern Illinois University, Cardozo School of Law and the University of Florida, and is currently a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law Faculty.

Caudill's research and scholarly interests focus on law and science studies, law and literature, and sports and entertainment law.

Practice Experience

  • Associate, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, Austin, Texas.聽 Real Estate Section: commercial sale/lease transactions, financing, and land use planning; some sports law practice (players and team owners) (Apr. 鈥85- Aug. 鈥89)
  • Associate, Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye, San Diego, California.聽 Real Estate Dept.: real estate securities, partnerships, commercial sale/lease transactions, and general corporate work for real estate clients (Sep. 鈥82- Mar. 鈥85)
  • Law Clerk, to Judge John R. Brown, U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals (May 鈥81-May 鈥82)

Recent Publications

  • CLIMATOLOGIST MANN鈥橲 DEFAMATION SUIT VICTORY: CAN IT HELP RESOLVE THE CRISIS OF EXPERTISE?, Article, University of Oregon, October 2024

  • Ethical issues in Guterson's "The Final Case", Other, Washington and Lee University School of Law, November 2023

  • Law and Literature Studies as a Basis for High Quality Ethics CLE programs, Article, Journal of Legal Education, October 2023

  • Judges should be discerning consensus, not evaluating expertise, Article, University of Cincinnati Law Review, September 2023

  • THE 鈥淐RISIS OF EXPERTISE鈥 REACHES THE COURTOOM: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SYMPOSIUM ON, AND A RESPONSE TO, PROFESSOR CHENG鈥橲 CONSENSUS RULE, Article, 草榴社区 Law review, March 2023

Recent Presentations

  • 'SEESHOP 2024', The Mann case: Did the court affirm scientific truth?, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales . June 2024

  • 'Vanderbilt Summer Evidence Workshop', What Type of Expertise Do Judges Use to Discern Consensus?, Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, TN. May 2024

  • 'Pennsylvania Trial Judges mid-year meeting', Introduction to Patrition Law, Pennsylvania Trial Judges Association, Philadelphia PA. February 2024

  • 'Virgin Islands Bar Association 2024 Annual Meeting', Ambulence Chasing in Upstate New York: Ethical Issues in Banks' "The Sweet Hereafter", Virgin Islands Bar Association, St. Thomas, V.I.. December 2023

  • 'Society for the Social Studies of Science annual meeting', The Failure of Courts in the Crisis of Expertise, Society for the Social Studies of Science, Honolulu, HI. November 2023

翱蹿蹿颈肠别:听Rm 326, John F. Scarpa Hall
笔丑辞苍别:听610-519-7085
贵补虫:听610-519-5672

Courses and Seminars

  • Advanced Sports Law: Contract Drafting
  • Evidence
  • Property

Education

  • Graduate Student, Science & Technology Studies Program, Virginia Tech, 2001 (sabbatical)
  • Candidate, Research Affiliate program, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, 1994-95 (sabbatical)
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, PhD (philosophy),聽March 1989
  • University of Houston Law Center, JD,聽May 1981
  • Michigan State University, BA (philosophy), April 1973