David A. Dana

Stanford Clinton Sr. and Zylpha Kilbride Clinton Research Professor of Law
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs: Faculty & Research

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

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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 Law

Intellectual Property

Courses

Selected Publications

Property: Takings (Foundation Press, 2002). (with Thomas Merrill)
Can the Law Track Scientific Risk and Technological Innovation?: The Problem of Regulatory Definitions and Nanotechnology .
Three Obstacles to the Promotion of Corporate Social Responsibility by Means of the Alien Tort Claims Act: The Sosa Court’s Incoherent Conception of the Law of Nations, the “Purposive” Action Requirement for Aiding and Abetting, and the State Action Requirement for Primary Liability in 21 fordham environmental law review 79-121 (2010). (with Michael Barsa)
Reforming Section 10 and the Habitat Conservation Plan Program .
The Contextual Rationality of the Precautionary Principle .
Valuing Foreign Lives and Civilizations in Cost-Benefit Analysis: The Case of the United States and Climate Change Policy .

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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, 1993-1998, Boston University School of Law
Attorney, 1991-1993, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Associate, 1989-1991, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
Law Clerk, 1988-1989, Hon. Betty Fletcher, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Recent Consulting Activities

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


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