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Employment History; Additional Affiliations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Prior Full Time Employment:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma (1998-2000). Executive Director: Comparative and International Law Center (Co-Director 1996-1998; Executive Director 1998-2000).  Responsible for all comparative and international law programs at the College of Law; implemented Masters Program in American Law for Foreign Lawyers; created and implemented Autumn Semester Program in London, and Summer Institute in European and International Law in Dublin, Ireland; administered Summer Institute in International Law in Buenos Aires, Argentina; administered certificate program in comparative and international law, community outreach programs, and CILC web pages; primary responsibility for CILC budget program directors, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Tulsa, College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma (1991-2000). Professor 1996-2001; Associate Professor 1994-96 (tenure since August, 1994); Assistant Professor, 1991-1994).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Los Angeles, California (Associate, 1987-1991); Irell & Manella, Los Angeles, California (Associate, 1983-1987).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hon. Leonard I. Garth, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Newark, New Jersey (Law Clerk, 1982-1983).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Louis B. Kaden, Center for Law and Economic Studies, Columbia University School of Law, New York, New York (research assistant, 1980).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional Affiliations and Appointments.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitorships<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana. Visiting Professor of Law, academic year 2007-2008.  Courses: European Union Law I & II; Civil Procedure; Comparative Constitutional Law (seminar).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law Carlisle, Pennsylvania.  Visiting Professor of Law (2000-2001).  Courses: Civil Procedure, International Business Transactions; Comparative Corporate Law; Constitutional Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California, Visiting Professor of Law, spring term, 1998.  Courses: European Union Law; Basic Corporate Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Affiliations, Appointments, and Significant Teaching:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simon and Hallsworth Visiting Professor, University of Manchester, Alliance Business School, Manchester, U.K. (2017-2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visiting Scholar, Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash Business School, Melbourne Australia (8-15 August 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embedded Course, Cuba: Law, Economics and Politics<\/em>, sponsored by Penn State University, the Centro de Estudios Martianos<\/a> and faculty from the University of Havana.  Havana, Cuba, March 4-11, 2017. Reported HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transnational Law Summer Institute (TLSI), The Dickson Poon School of Law, Kings College, London, U.K. (June 2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Course: Comparative Corporate Law. Postgraduate course in law, Vytauto Didziojo  Universitetas (Vitatus Magnus University), Kaunas, Lithuania (November 2-13, 2009).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seminar: Comparative Corporate Law in the Transnational Sector. Post-graduate seminar in law, Yeditepe University Faculty of Law, Istanbul, Turkey (June 16-24, 2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seminar: Regulation of Multinational Corporations (Spring 2007), Post-graduate seminar in law, Universidade Federal de Santa Caterina, Centro de Ci\u00e9ncias Jur\u00eddicas, Florian\u00f3polis, Santa Caterina, Brasil, May 6-14, 2007 (in Spanish).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer Program in International Law, Barcelona, Spain (Summer 2008, 2006, 2004); a program sponsored by the University of San Diego School of Law and the University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; program director and faculty member, overseeing the summer internship program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seminar in Globalization and Developments in Corporate Governance (Fall 2005), Post-graduate seminar in law, Universidade Federal de Santa Caterina, Centro de Ci\u00e9ncias Jur\u00eddicas, Florian\u00f3polis, Santa Caterina, Brasil, October 13-23, 2005 (in Spanish).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Law in London Semester Program, London, England (January 2005; 2004); a program sponsored by the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (University of London), London, England, presenting materials in a modular one credit short course, \u201cBasic Principles of Transnational Law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer Law Scholars Program, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, June 9-July 18, 2003; a program designed to expose a small group of exceptional students from traditionally under-represented groups to legal education; taught a two credit Penn State undergraduate course, \u201cThe Constitutional Law of Religion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer Program in International Law, Florence, Italy, June 11 \u2013 23, 2001; a program sponsored by the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, presenting materials on Comparative Constitutional Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer Institute in European and International Law, Dublin, Ireland, June\/July 1999 and 2000; a program administered between University College Dublin and the University of Tulsa College of Law, program director and faculty member, presenting materials on the Substantive Law of the European Union (1999).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer Institute in International Law, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 6, 1997\u2013July 7, 1997; a program sponsored by the Universidad de Palermo (Argentina) and the University of Tulsa College of Law, presenting materials on International Civil Litigation in U.S. Courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer Institute in Law, El Escorial, Spain, June 3, 1996\u2013July 2, 1996; a program sponsored by the Royal College University Escorial-Maria Cristina (Spain) and St. Thomas University School of Law, presenting materials on Comparative Corporate Law (U.S.-E.U.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer Institute in Law, Bratislava, Slovakia, July 4, 1994\u2013August 3, 1994; a program sponsored by Commenius University Law School (Slovak Republic), Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, and the University of Tulsa College of Law, presenting materials on Comparative Corporate Law (U.S. and E.U.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Employment History; Additional Affiliations Prior Full Time Employment: University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma (1998-2000). Executive Director: Comparative and International Law Center (Co-Director 1996-1998; Executive Director 1998-2000).  Responsible for all comparative and international law programs at the College of Law; implemented Masters Program in American Law for Foreign Lawyers; created and implemented Autumn … <\/p>\n

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