Amalia D. Kessler

Amalia D. Kessler

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, STANFORD, CA
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Expertise
    Alternative Dispute Resolution
    Civil Procedure & Litigation
    Comparative Law
    Federal Courts & Federal Jurisdiction
    Law & Society
    Legal History
    Mediation & Dispute Resolution
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
New York
New York State Office of Court Administration
ID Number: 3034253
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Professional Experience
LEWIS TALBOT AND NADINE HEARN SHELTON PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES, AND PROFESSOR (BY COURTESY) OF HISTORY
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, STANFORD, CA
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FOUNDING DIRECTOR, STANFORD CENTER FOR LAW AND HISTORY, June 2017-present; JEAN-PAUL GIMON DIRECTOR OF THE FRANCE-STANFORD CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, Sept. 2012-present; PROFESSOR OF LAW AND (BY COURTESY) HISTORY, AND HELEN L. CROCKER FACULTY SCHOLAR, Sept. 2008-Sept. 2011; ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW AND (BY COURTESY) HISTORY, AND HELEN L. CROCKER FACULTY SCHOLAR, Oct. 2007-Aug. 2008; ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW AND (BY COURTESY) HISTORY, Sept. 2006-Sept. 2007; ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW, Aug. 2003-Aug. 2006.
TRIAL ATTORNEY (COMMERCIAL LITIGATION), HONORS PROGRAM
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, CIVIL DIVISION, WASHINGTON, DC
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Education
Yale Law School
J.D. (1999)
Honors: Carolyn E. Agger Endowment for Women in Law, Postgraduate Grant Yale Center for Studies in Law, Economics & Public Policy/Olin Research Grant, Dean’s Research Funds.
Activities: Yale Law Journal, Senior Editor; Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities, Articles Editor; Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization—political asylum clinic.
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Stanford University
Ph.D. (1996)
Honors: Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Summer Research; German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship.
Activities: Stanford Humanities Review, Editor; Graduate Resident Assistant Tutor, French
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Harvard University
(1994) History & Literature (Modern France & England)
Honors: magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Lucy Allen Patton Senior Prize, John Harvard and Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Scholarships, Detur Prize,
Activities: The Harvard Advocate (literary magazine), Executive Editor & Circulation Manager; Tutor, French and English as a Second Language
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Professional Associations
American Society for Legal History, Law and Society Association, American Historical Association, & Society for French Historical Studies
Member
Current
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American Society of Comparative Law
Director/Editor (representing Stanford)
Current
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New York State Bar  # 3034253
Member
- Current
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STANFORD LAW SCHOOL
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305
Telephone: (650) 725-5800