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Theodore Eisenberg

Henry Allen Mark Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Statistical Sciences

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Contact Information

Cornell Law School
104 Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-4901

Phone: (607) 255-6477
Fax: (607) 255-7193
Email: te13@cornell.edu

Professional Biography

Theodore Eisenberg has emerged in recent years as one of the foremost authorities on the use of empirical analysis in legal scholarship. After his graduation from University of Pennsylvania Law School, Eisenberg clerked for both the District of Columbia Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals, and Chief Justice Earl Warren of the U.S. Supreme Court. After three years in private practice, Professor Eisenberg began teaching at UCLA. A groundbreaking scholar in the areas of bankruptcy, civil rights, and the death penalty, Eisenberg has used innovative statistical methodology to shed light on such diverse subjects as punitive damages, victim impact evidence, capital juries, bias for and against litigants, and chances of success on appeal. He currently teaches bankruptcy and debtor-creditor law, constitutional law, and federal income taxation.

Education

  • B.A., Swarthmore College, 1969
  • J.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1972