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Michael G. Collins

Joseph M. Hartfield Professor of Law
Roy L. and Rosamond Woodruff Morgan Professor of Law
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1978
M.A., Stanford University, 1975
B.A., Pomona College, 1972

Michael Collins joined the Law School as Joseph M. Hartfield Professor of Law in 2007. Collins previously taught at Tulane Law School, where he was the Robert A. Ainsworth Professor of Law. He currently teaches federal courts, civil procedure, evidence and conflict of laws.

Prior to attending law school, he earned a graduate degree in classical languages and literature at Stanford University. After law school, he practiced commercial and employment law in Los Angeles, practiced civil rights law in New Orleans, and was a Bigelow Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School. In spring 2005 and 2006 he taught Evidence at the University of Virginia as a visiting professor. He has also taught at Boston University, George Washington University, Ohio State and the University of Richmond. While at Tulane, he was a three-time recipient of the law school's distinguished teaching award.

Collins’ research interests lie in the areas of federal courts, procedure and legal history. His recent works include a historical essay on the Rules of Decision Act, and a study of the treatment of jurisdictional defects in the federal courts. His writings have appeared in the California, Columbia, Georgetown and Virginia law reviews. He has also co-authored casebooks on federal jurisdiction and on civil procedure, and he has published a handbook on constitutional tort litigation.

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Federal Courts
Civil Procedure
Evidence
Transnational Litigation