James B. Speta

Speta, James B.

Associate Dean of International Initiatives
Director of Executive LLM Program
Professor of Law

Phone: (312) 503-8470
E-mail: j-speta@law.northwestern.edu

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Jim Speta has been a member of the faculty 1999. His research interests include telecommunications and Internet policy, antitrust, administrative law, and market organization. He teaches in the Law School and in the Joint Program in Law and Business operated by the Law School and the Kellogg School. A 1991 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, Speta joined the Northwestern faculty following a one-year visit. He had previously clerked for Judge Harry T. Edwards on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and practiced appellate, telecommunications, and antitrust law with the Chicago firm of Sidley & Austin.

Areas of Expertise

  • Antitrust Law
  • Administrative Law
  • Torts
  • Business Associations
  • Telecommunications

Courses

Selected Publications

  • A Common Carrier Approach to Internet Interconnection in 54 federal communications law journal 225-279 (2002).
  • Antitrust and Local Competition Under the Telecommunications Act in 71 antitrust law journal 99-145 (2003).
  • Competitive Neutrality in Right of Way Regulation: A Case Study in the Consequences of Convergence in 35 connecticut law review 763-815 (2003).
  • Deregulating Telecommunications in Internet Time in 61 washington and lee law review 1063-1157 (2004).
  • Handicapping the Race for the Last Mile?: A Critique of Open Access Rules for Broadband Platforms in 17 yale journal on regulation 39-91 (2000).
  • Internet Theology in 2 green bag 2d 227-232 (1999).
  • The Vertical Dimension of Cable Open Access in 71 colorado law review 975-1010 (2000).
  • Tying, Essential Facilities, and Network Externalties: A Comment on Piraino in 93 northwestern university law review 1277-1285 (1999).
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Education

  • BA, University of Michigan
  • JD, University of Michigan

Prior Appointments

  • Associate Dean of Academic Affairs: Executive Degree Programs, Northwestern School of Law
  • Assistant Professor, Aug. 1999-Aug. 2002, Northwestern School of Law
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Northwestern School of Law
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Aug. 1992-May 1993, University of Michigan Law School

Recent Consulting Activities

  • Consultant, Eimer Stahl Klevorn & Solberg, LLP