Dr. Thomas Metzloff

Biography

Professor Metzloff is a faculty member at Duke University School of Law, where he teaches courses in civil procedure, ethics, and dispute resolution. He has also developed specialized courses for international LLM students. Metzloff's academic journey began at Yale College where he earned a BA in 1976, followed by a JD from Harvard Law School in 1979. He commenced his career with a judicial clerkship at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, after which he clerked for the Supreme Court of the United States. Following his tenure in clerkships, he practiced civil litigation in Atlanta before joining Duke Law School in 1985. His dedication to legal education has extended to teaching in Duke's Geneva and Hong Kong summer institutes with Tsinghua University in Beijing. He served as the Law School's senior associate dean for academic affairs from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of Duke University's Academic Council executive committee. His research primarily focuses on the litigation system as it relates to medical malpractice disputes, notably conducting an empirical study of court-ordered mediation in these cases funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Additionally, he has been actively involved in various professional organizations, including serving as an advisory member of the North Carolina State Bar Ethics Committee and on the North Carolina Supreme Court's Dispute Resolution Committee.

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