Myriam Gilles

Professor of Law, Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law

Education

B.A., 1993, Harvard University
J.D., 1996, Yale Law School

Areas of Expertise

Civil Procedure
Civil Rights
Torts

Bio

Myriam Gilles specializes in class actions and aggregate litigation, and has written extensively on class action waivers in arbitration clauses. She also writes on structural reform litigation and tort law. She is the #5 most cited civil procedure professor in the country. Her articles have appeared in top law reviews, including Chicago, Columbia, Michigan, and Penn. Professor Gilles teaches Torts, Products Liability, Class Actions & Aggregate Litigation. She has testified before Congress on consumer protections. Professor Gilles served as Cardozo's vice dean from 2016=2018. She has been a visiting professor at the University of Virginia Law School and in 2005-06, was a fellow in the Program of Law and Public Affairs at Princeton University.

 

Publications

The End of Doctrine:  The Effects of Private Arbitration on Public Law (work in progress);
 
Individualized Injunctions and No-Modification Terms:  Challenging “Anti-Reform” Provisions in Arbitration Clauses, __ U. Miami L. Rev. __ (symposium in honor of Judge Jack Weinstein) (forthcoming 2014);
 
Mandatory Arbitration and the Anti-Lawsuit Movement, Pound Civil Justice Institute, 2014 Forum for State Appellate Court Judges, July 2014;
 
Tribal Rituals of the MDL, 5 J. of Tort Law 173 (2014);
 
Operation Arbitration:  Privatizing Medical Malpractice Claims, 15 Theoretical Inquiries in Law 671 (2014);
 
Crowd-classing Individual Arbitrations in a Post-Class Action Era (with Anthony Sebok), Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy, 63 DePaul L. Rev. 447 (2014).
 

Killing Them With Kindness:  Examining “Consumer-Friendly” Arbitration Clauses After AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, 88 Notre Dame L. Rev. 825 (2013);

 

After Class: Aggregate Litigation in the Wake of ATT v. Concepcion, 79 U. Chi. L. Rev. 623 (2012);

 
 

Contact Information

212.790.0344

Cardozo School of Law
55 Fifth Avenue, Room 402
New York, NY 10003

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