Curriculum Vitae
RHONDA WASSERMAN
Professor of Law
University of Pittsburgh
School of Law
3900 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone: (412) 648-1338 e-mail: wasserma@pitt.edu Fax: (412) 648-2648
EDUCATION
YALE LAW SCHOOL J.D. June 1983
Benjamin N. Cardozo Prize (best brief)
Finalist, Moot Court Prize Trial (oral advocacy)
CORNELL UNIVERSITY A.B. Jan. 1980
Phi Beta Kappa (elected junior year)
College Scholar
Dean's List (all semesters): 3.96/4.00 GPA
Clyde Dunaway Prize in Government
Graduated with Distinction in All Subjects
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF LAW
Professor of Law (since 1994)
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (1998-2000)
Associate Professor of Law (1990-94)
Assistant Professor of Law (1986-90)
Instructor, CLEO Institute (Summers 2007, 2005, 2000, 1998, 1995, 1993)
HONORS
Student Bar Association "Excellence-in-Teaching" Award (2005)
Elected Member, American Law Institute (2004)
Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award (2000)
Student Bar Association "Excellence-in-Teaching" Award (1990)
SCHOLARSHIP
BOOK
Procedural Due Process: A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution (Praeger 2004)
LAW REVIEW ARTICLES
Are You Still My Mother: Interstate Recognition of Adoptions by Gays and Lesbians, 58 Am. U. L. Rev. 1 (2008) (forthcoming)
The Curious Complications With Back-End Opt-Out Rights, 49 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 373 (2007)
Tolling: The American Pipe Tolling Rule and Successive Class Actions, 58 Fla. L. Rev. 803 (2006)
Dueling Class Actions, 80 B.U. L. Rev. 461 (2000)
39 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1 (1997)
1995 U. Ill. L. Rev. 813
43 Emory L.J. 83 (1994)Rethinking Review of Remands: Proposed Amendments to the Federal Removal Statute,
67 Wash. L. Rev. 257 (1992)Equity Renewed: Preliminary Injunctions to Secure Potential Money Judgments,
70 B.U. L. Rev. 623 (1990)Equity Transformed: Preliminary Injunctions to Require the Payment of Money,
4 Minn. L. Rev. 37 (1989)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Q&A on Same-Sex Marriage, Jurist Paper Chase (March 30, 2004) (http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/lawschools/index.htm)
Preliminary Injunctions in Group Litigation, The Lawyers J., September 8, 2000, at 5
Exercising Supplemental Jurisdiction: Third Circuit Reaffirms Zahn, The Lawyers J., September 24, 1999, at 3
Dueling Class Actions: Third Circuit Grapples with Collision of State and Federal Class Actions, Pittsburgh Legal J., August 12, 1998
Pittsburgh Legal J., July 7, 1997, at 1
Pittsburgh Legal J., July 8, 1996, at 1
Pittsburgh Legal J., July 11, 1995, at 1
ittsburgh Legal J., July 19, 1994, at 1Right of Absent Shareholders or Class Members to Appeal from Final Orders of Settlement, P
9 Preview of S. Ct. Cases 256 (1988)Harmless Error and the Right to Appeal: How Strictly Should the Federal Rules be Construed?,
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
"Taylor v. Sturgell and the Day-in-Court Ideal," Constitution Law Day Program, University of Pittsburgh, September 17, 2008
Co-Presenter,Tutorial on the Proposed Amendments to the Local Rules for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, presented to the District Judges and the Magistrate Judges of the District, June 10, 2008
"Are You Still My Mother?: Interstate Recognition of Adoptions by Gays and Lesbians," Delaware Valley Feminist Law Teachers’ Conference, February 2, 2008
"Are You Still My Mother?: Interstate Recognition of Adoptions by Gays and Lesbians," Faculty Workshop, Loyola University School of Law, November 15, 2007
"Are You Still My Mother?: Interstate Recognition of Adoptions by Gays and Lesbians," Faculty Workshop, Chicago-Kent College of Law, November 14, 2007
Moderator, "Adoptees’ Interests, Children’s Interests, and the Law," at the "Encountering New Worlds of Adoption" Conference, University of Pittsburgh, October 14, 2007
"Third Circuit Review," Allegheny County Bar Association Federal Courts Section, May 15, 2007
"The Curious Complications with Back-End Opt-Out Rights," University of Pittsburgh School of Law Faculty Colloquium, April 26, 2007
"The Curious Complications with Back-End Opt-Out Rights," University of Cincinnati College of Law Workshop, February 12, 2007
"Third Circuit Review," Allegheny County Bar Association Federal Courts Section, May 16, 2006
Poster Presentation, "Tolling: The American Pipe Tolling Rule and Successive Class Actions," Association of American Law Schools 2006 Annual Meeting, January 6, 2006
"Third Circuit Review," Allegheny County Bar Association Federal Courts Section, May 3, 2005
"Jet Set Divorce: Issues for a Borderless Society," American Bar Association Family Law Section Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, plenary session, April 30, 2004
"Same-Sex Marriage Teach-In," University of Pittsburgh School of Law, March 25, 2004
"New Local Rules," Federal Practice Program of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, December 11, 2003
"Panel Discussion on Women in Academia," hosted by the Pitt Law Women’s Association, October 9, 2003
RECENT LAW SCHOOL SERVICE
Member, Appointments Committee (2008-present)
Member, Clinic Committee (2007-08)
Member, Faculty Steering Committee (2006-07); chair (1997-98)
Member, Legal Writing Committee (2006-07)
Chair, Admissions Committee (2004-06)
Chair, Petitions & Academic Standards Committee (2001-03)
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (1998-2000)
Faculty Advisor to the Pitt Law Women's Association, the Pitt Legal Income Sharing Foundation, and the student chapter of American Civil Liberties Union
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Selection Committee for Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award (2006-08)
Concerned Women’s Faculty Group (2004-07)
Provost’s Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence (2001-04 term)
Provost's Advisory Committee on Women's Concerns (1999-2002, 1991-94 terms)
University Review Board (four consecutive two-year terms: 1996-2004)
Senior Women's Faculty Group (1992-96)
Tenure and Academic Freedom Committee (1990-93)
Senate Council (1987-90)
Faculty Assembly (pro tem 1987-90)
COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE