Linda Sandstrom Simard is Associate Dean and Professor of Law.
Clerk, Honorable William G. Young, U.S.D.C.D. MA, 1989-90; Associate, Hale & Dorr , Boston, 1990-93; Assistant Professor, Suffolk, 1993-96; Associate Professor, 1996-2000; Professor, since 2000
Degrees:
BS, University of Delaware; JD, Boston College
Bar Admittance:
MA; Federal District Court of MA; United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; United States Supreme Court.
Subjects:
Civil Procedure; Federal Courts; Pretrial Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation
Professional Activities:
Member, Order of the Coif; Com. to Evaluate the Implementation of the Criminal Justice Act Plan, District of MA, 1992-93. Merit Selection Panel for Federal Magistrate Appointment (1999-200
Selected Publications
Articles
Meeting Expectations: Two Profiles for Specific Jurisdiction, 38 IND. L. REV. 1 (2005)
Exploring the Limits of Specific Personal Jurisdiction, 62 OHIO ST. L.J. 1619 (2001)
Hybrid Personal Jurisdiction: It’s Not General Jurisdiction or Specific Jurisdiction, But Is It Constitutional?, 48 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 559 (1998)
Coordinating Civil Procedure with Legal Research and Writing: A Field Experiment, 47 J. LEGAL EDUC. 246 (1997) (with Joseph W. Glannon, Terry J. Seligmann and Medb M. Sichko)
Standing Alone: Do We Still Need the Poiltical Question Doctrine?Court Judge in Admitting Expert Testimony, 100 DICK. L. REV.. 303 (1996)
Daubert’s Gatekeeper: The Role of the DistrictCourt Judge in Admitting Expert Testimony, 68 TUL. L. REV. 1457 (1994) (with Honorable William G. Young, USDC District of Massachusetts)