David Dana

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Faculty and Research
Professor of Law

Phone: (312) 503-0240
E-mail: d-dana@law.northwestern.edu

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

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David Dana is a leading scholar in the fields of environmental, property, intellectual property, and professional responsibility law. Before becoming a professor, he was an environmental litigator in both the private (Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering) and public (U.S. Department of Justice) sectors.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Environmental Law
Property

Intellectual Property

COURSES

PUBLICATIONS

Recent Publications

Reframing Eminent Domain: Unsupported Advocacy, Ambiguous Economics, and the Case for a New Public Use Test , VERMONT LAW REVIEW , 2008
The Law and Expressive Meaning of Condemning the Poor After Kelo, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW , 2007
Why the Blight Distinction in Post-Kelo Reform Does Matter, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW COLLOQUY , 2007
The Law and Expressive Meaning of Condemning the Poor After Kelo, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW COLLOQUY , 2006
State Brownfields Programs as Laboratories of Democracy?, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW JOURNAL, 2006

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EDUCATION

BA summa cum laude, Harvard University
JD magna cum laude, Harvard University

PRIOR APPOINTMENTS

Associate Professor of Law and Professor, Boston University School of Law, 1993-98
Attorney, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1991-93
Associate, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, 1989-91
Law Clerk, Hon. Betty Fletcher, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1988-89

RECENT CONSULTING ACTIVITIES

Consultant, Kirkland & Ellis
Consultant, Beveridge & Diamond, Clean Air Act
Consultant, Environmental Law and Policy Center
Consultant to Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. on administrative law matters