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 to 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.

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The Issue Class Revolution

(submitted for publication)

The New Qui Tam: Enforcing Group Rights In A Hostile Era (with Gary Friedman)

98 Tex. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2020)

Can John Coffee Rescue the Private Attorney General?  Lessons from the Credit Card Wars

83 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1001 (2016)

Class Warfare:  The Disappearance of Low-Income Litigants from the Civil Docket

65 Emory L. Rev. 1531 (2016)

The End of Doctrine: Private Arbitration, Public Law and the Anti-Lawsuit Movement

2016 U. Ill. L. Rev. (2016)

After Class: Aggregate Litigation in the Wake of ATT v. Concepcion (with Gary Friedman)

79 U. Chi. L. Rev. 623 (2012)

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