Dean Richard Matasar
Publications
BOOKS
Federal Courts: Theory and Practice. Little Brown, 1996 (with R.N. Clinton & M.G. Collins).
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
“The Scope of Appellate Jurisdiction in the United States Courts of Appeals.” Chapter in Recent Developments in Federal Rules, at 149–187. Association of Trial Lawyers of Iowa, 1984.
LAW REVIEW AND OTHER SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
“Strong Palliative, But Not a Panacea: Results of an Experiment Teaching Students About Financial Literacy” (coauthor), NASFAA Journal of Student Financial Aid, Vol. 35, No. 2 (September 2005).
"The Rise and Fall of American Legal Education (New York Law School Faculty Presentation Day II), 49 New York Law School Law Review 465-504 (2004-2005).
“A 9/11 Reflection—It’s Not Just a Project Anymore” (Leadership in Legal Education Symposium V), 36 University of Toledo Law Review 117–132 (2004).
Introduction to Faculty Presentation Day Issue (Special Issue: Reflecting on the Legal Issues of Our Times. New York Law School Faculty Presentation Day), 46 New York Law School Law Review 371–372 (2002–2003).
Skills and Values Education: Debate About the Continuum Continues (Special Issue: Reflecting on the Legal Issues of Our Times. New York Law School Faculty Presentation Day), 46 New York Law School Law Review 395–428 (2002–2003), digested in 12 Legal Education Digest 11–12 (October 2003).
“Symposium in Honor of Dean Emeritus Harry H. Wellington (Harry H. Wellington Festschrift Issue).” 45 New York Law School Law Review 5–10 (2001).
“The Two Professionalisms of Legal Education (Symposium On Legal Education).” 15 Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy 99–116 (2001).
“Sunlight, Cloudy Days, and Shadows: Thinking about Brown and the Next Generation of Lawyers.” 40 Washburn Law Journal 79–86 (2000).
“The Ten Commandments of Faculty Development (Symposium: Leadership in Legal Education).” 31 University of Toledo Law Review 665–674 (2000).
“Private Publics, Public Privates: an Essay on Convergence in Higher Education.” 10 University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy 5–26 (1998).
“A Commercialist Manifesto: Entrepreneurs, Academics, and Purity of the Heart and Soul (University of Florida College of Law Faculty Essay Issue).” 48 Florida Law Review 781–811 (1996).
“Electronic Law Students: Repercussions on Legal Education (Symposium on Legal Education).” 29 Valparaiso University Law Review 909–933 (1995) (with R. Shiels).
“Perspectives on the Accreditation Process: Views from a Nontraditional School (Symposium on Accreditation).” 45 Journal of Legal Education 426–430 (1995).
“The MacCrate Report from the Dean’s Perspective.” 1 Clinical Law Review 457–491 (1994).
Book Review of Pretrial Litigation: Law, Policy & Practice, by R. Lawrence Dessem. 42 Journal of Legal Education 612–618 (1993).
“Foreword (Chicago-Kent Dedication Symposium).” 68 Chicago-Kent Law Review 3 (1992).
“Storytelling and Legal Scholarship.” 68 Chicago-Kent Law Review 353–361 (1992).
“Treatise Writing and Federal Jurisdiction Scholarship: Does Doctrine Matter When Law is Politics?” Book Review of Federal Jurisdiction, by E. Chemerinsky. 89 Michigan Law Review 1499–1519 (1991).
“Brown’s Legacy in Legal Education (Forum: Education in the 1990’s: Re-Examining the Impact and Role of Brown v. Board of Education 35 Years Later).” 7 Harvard BlackLetter Journal 127–137 (1990).
“The Pain of Moral Lawyering.” 75 Iowa Law Review 975–986 (1990). Reprinted, as edited, in 71 Florida Bar Journal 75–78 (June 1997).
“The Supreme Court and the Products Liability Crisis: Lessons from Boyle’s Government Contractor Defense.” 63 Southern California Law Review 637–726 (1990) (with M.D. Green). Reprinted in 27B Yearbook of Procurement Articles 879–990 (1990).
“Trial Narratives in the Study of Law: Some Questions.” Book Review of Popular Trials: Rhetoric, Mass Media, and the Law, by Robert Hariman. 76 Iowa Law Review 207–221 (1990).
“Teaching Ethics in Civil Procedure Courses.” 39 Journal of Legal Education 587–607 (1989).
“Personal Immunities Under Section 1983: The Limits of the Court’s Historical Analysis (Symposium in Honor of Justice Thurgood Marshall).” 40 Arkansas Law Review 741–796 (1987). Reprinted in A Section 1983 Civil Rights Anthology, at 86–96 (S. Nahmod, ed., Anderson, 1993).
“Procedural Common Law, Federal Jurisdictional Policy, and Abandonment of the Adequate and Independent State Grounds Doctrine.” 86 Columbia Law Review 1291–1390 (1986) (with G.S. Bruch).
“A Pendent and Ancillary Jurisdiction Primer: The Scope and Limits of Supplemental Jurisdiction.” 17 U.C. Davis Law Review 103–190 (1983).
“Rediscovering ‘One Constitutional Case’: Procedural Rules and the Rejection of the Gibbs Test for Supplemental Jurisdiction.” 71 California Law Review 1399–1491 (1983).
Comment, “The National School Lunch Act: Statutory Difficulties and the Need for Mandatory Gradual Expansion of State Programs.” 125 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 415–443 (1976).
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, PRACTICE MATERIALS, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
In Memoriam, Joseph H. Koffler (1920-2006) (New York Law School Faculty Presentation Day III), 51 New York Law School Law Review 741 (2006-2007).
Introduction to New York Law School Faculty Presentation Day II, 49 New York Law School Law Review ix (2004-2005) (Cameron Stracher).
A Message from the Dean, 23 Counselor: Newsletter of the New York Law School Community 1 (April 28, 2003).
Essay in Eight Blocks Away: Memoirs of September 11, 2001 at 45–47 (New York Law School, 2002).
Offering Reassurance: Believing in the Rule of Law After 2001 Terrorist Attacks, 23 National Law Journal A25 (October 15, 2001), reprinted in Eight Blocks Away: Memoirs of September 11, 2001 at 150–155 (New York Law School, 2002).
“In Observance of the Six Month Anniversary: A Message from Dean Richard Matasar.” 22 Counselor 1 (March 11, 2002).
“Dean’s Corner: A Message from Dean Matasar.” 22 Counselor 1 (October 9, 2001).
“Dean’s Message: Additional Student Services.” 22 Counselor 1 (November 6, 2001).
“Message From Dean Matasar.” 22 Counselor 1–2, (November 19, 2001).
“Offering Reassurance: Believing in the Rule of Law After 2001 Terrorist Attacks.” National Law Journal, at A25 (October 15, 2001).
“Students Come First at New York Law School (Message from the Dean).” In Brief 2 (Spring/Summer 2001).
“Introduction.” 2 Journal of the Public Interest Environmental Conference (1998) (with T. Ankersen).
“Message From The Dean.” 1 FLALAW2 (Summer 1998).
“Preparing for the Legal Profession of Tomorrow: ‘It’s Performance That Counts.’” 35 University of Florida Lawyer 2 (Spring 1998).
“Creating Professional Lawyers Requires the Comprehensive, Innovative and Valuable Legal Education that UF Delivers.” The Independent Florida Alligator, Jan. 29, 1997.
“Dean’s Message.” 34 University of Florida Lawyer 1 (Spring 1997).
“Introduction: Interdisciplinary Study and Protection of the Environment.” 1 Journal of the Public Interest Environmental Conference (1997).
“Linking Partners and Profs (Focus on Area Law Schools).” Legal Times September 1, 1997, at S42.
“Reflections on Heaven, Essay in Celebrating The Sesquicentennial of the University of Iowa College of Law.” (University of Iowa College of Law, 1997).
“Foreword to the Fall 1996 Edition.” 2 Journal of Technology Law & Policy. Availiable from http://journal.law.ufl.edu/~techlaw/2/foreword.html (1996).
“Law and Public Policy: Yes!” Introduction to 8 Journal of Law & Public Policy 1 (1996).
“Building Professionalism.” Chicago–Kent Citations 1 (Fall 1995).
“New Frontiers: Chicago-Kent Explores Law and Medicine.” Chicago-Kent Citations 1 (Winter 1995).
“Chicago-Kent Looks Beyond ‘Chinese Wall’.” 34 (9) Illinois State Bar Association Bar News 2, 21 (1993).
“Constant and Continuous Change.” Chicago-Kent Citations 1 (Summer 1994).
“Message from the Dean.” Chicago-Kent Citations 1 (Fall 1992; Spring 1992; Spring 1993).
“Nostalgia at Chicago-Kent? Not!” Chicago-Kent Citations 1 (Fall 1993).
“P.C. and the New Orthodoxy.” Catalyst 12 (Winter 1993).
“Plagiarism in the Law: The Students’ Dilemma.” 13 Perspectives 5 (1993).
Panel Introduction, “Legal Education II: ‘Who Are We?’ (Chicago-Kent Dedication Symposium).” 68 Chicago-Kent Law Review 315 (1992).
“Presidential Politics and Judicial Appointments.” The Christian Science Monitor (July 27, 1992). Available from http://www.csmonitor.com.
“Who Really Loses, When the Loser Pays All?” Chicago-Kent Citations 10 (Spring 1992).
“Mend, Don’t Junk, Legal System.” Chicago Sun Times, September 27, 1991, at 26.
“In Celebration of Seventy-Five Years of the Iowa Law Review.” 75 Iowa Law Review 833–835 (1990).
“Professionalism.” 29 Iowa Advocate 25–27 (Spring/Summer 1990).
“The Battle Over Bork Gears Up: Both Claims for Confirmation False.” Iowa State Daily (September 17, 1987).
“Another Lawyer’s Thoughts: Senate Has a Political Responsibility to Assess the Real Bork.” The Daily Iowan, at 5A (September 8, 1987).