William R. Orthwein Distinguished Professor of Law
Expertise: antitrust, international comparative law, international environmental law, legal history, products liability, tort law, law & economics
Bio:
Dorsey Ellis has taught in the areas of legal history, antitrust, regulated industries, law and economics, and torts, and has published in the areas of constitutional history, torts, antitrust, law and economics, and punitive damages. Ellis is a member of the Professional Panel of Legal Advocates for Abused Women and the American Law Institute. He is a past consultant to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Iowa Department of Justice and was of counsel to the attorney for the House of Representatives in Powell v. McCormick, 395 U.S. 486 (1969).
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Education:
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LL.D. at Maryville College
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J.D. at University of Chicago
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B.A. at Maryville College

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Taking international legal education to the next level
 Washington University School of Law launches unique Transnational Law Program

Feb. 19,
2008 -- Washington University School of Law is launching a Transnational Law Program, a first-of-its-kind offering for students in both the United States and Europe. Beginning in fall 2008, a new four-year combined degree program will be offered in association with four prestigious European universities. "There is a growing need for lawyers who understand both American and European law, can identify legal issues and know reliable sources in the U.S. and throughout Europe," says Kent D. Syverud, J.D., law dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor. "Many American law schools are expanding their international curricula study-abroad programs. Washington University Law and Utrecht University are now taking international legal education to the next level."

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Additional Background: Ellis served as the Dean of the School of Law from 1987 until 1998. During that period, he oversaw the planning, construction, and funding of Anheuser-Busch Hall, the successful completion -- 21 months ahead of schedule -- of the school's first capital campaign, an increase in the size, stature and diversity of the faculty, and the strengthening and increased diversity of the student body. He was on sabatical in 1998-1999, serving as visiting Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College of Oxford University in the fall and Visiting Professor of Law at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand in the Spring.
Selected Publications
* Projecting the Long Arm of the Law: Extraterritorial Criminal Enforcement of U.S. Antitrust Laws in the Global Economy, 1 WASH. UNIV. GLOBAL STUDIES L. REV._ [forthcoming]
* Legal Education: A Perspective on the Last 130 Years of American Legal Training, 6 WASH. UNIV. J.L.& POL. 157 (2001)
* Extraterritorial Criminal Enforcement of U.S. Antitrust Laws, 30 KOKUSAI SHOJI HOMU JAPANESE INST. INTL. BUS. L. 141, 202 (2002)
* The Legacy of William Gardiner Hammond, WASH. UNIV. OCCAISIONAL PUBLS., 2001
* Punitive Damages, Due Process, and the Jury, 40 ALABAMA L. REV. 975-1008 (1989)
* An Economic Theory of International Torts: A Comment, 3 INT'L REV. L. & ECONS. 45-57 (1983)
* Efficiency and Vicarious Liability for Punitive Damages: Economic Implications of City of Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc., 1SUP. CT. ECON. REV. 135-61 (1982)
* Fairness and Efficiency in the Law of Punitive Damages, 56 S. CAL. L. REV. 1-78 (1982)
* Punitive Damages in Iowa: A Critical Assesment, 66 IOWA L. REV. 1004-69 (1981)
* "Legislative Powers: FTC Rulemaking," in Economic Regulation and Bureaucratic Behavior: The Federal Trade Commission Since 1970, at 161-83 (K. Clarkson and T. Murris, eds. Cambridge Univ. Press 1981)
* Damages and the Privacy Tort: Sketching a "Legal Profile," 64 IOWA L. REVIEW. 1111-54 (1979)
* (With Melvin R. Novic, Ph.D. ) Equal Opportunity in Educational and Employment Selection, 32 AMER. PSYCH. 306-20 (1970)
* Powell v. McCormick and the Power to Expel: Some Unanswered Questions Regarding the Framers' Intent, 5 GEORGIA L. REV. 203-47 (1971)
* Vox Populi v. Suprema Lex: A Comment on the Testimonial Privilege of the Fifth Ammendment, 55 IOWA L. REV. 829-69 (1970)
* " The Constitution and the Rights of the Accused," in Law and Order Reconsidered, 509-33 (J. Campbell, J. Sahid & D. Stang eds., rev'd ed. 1970)