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Paul J. Zwier, II
Professor of Law
trial techniques, torts
Paul J. Zwier, II is one of the nation's most distinguished professors of advocacy and skills training. Emory's Professor of Law and Director of the Advocacy Skills Program, earned a bachelor's degree from Calvin College in 1976, a J.D. from Pepperdine University in 1979, and an L.L.M. from Temple University in 1981. He comes to Emory from the University of Tennessee Law School where he was Professor of Law and named Director of the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution in 1999. Before that, he was at the University of Richmond's T.C. Williams School of Law, where he was a professor of law and former director of the Lawyering Skills Program for eighteen years.
Professor Zwier is the Director of Public Education for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) and has taught and designed public and in-house skills programs in trial advocacy, appellate advocacy, advocacy in mediation, motion practice, negotiations, legal strategy, e-discovery, supervisory and leadership skills, and expert testimony at deposition and trial.
Professor Zwier has taught advocacy skills to international lawyers and judges in Arusha, Tanzania, (ITCR), Den Hague, Netherlands, (ICC), (ICTY), Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, Hong Kong and Bejing, and led seminars in negotiation and dispute resolution for black South African lawyers as part of a State Department program. In 1998, Zwier received NITA's Prentice Marshall Award. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Torts: Cases, Problems, and Exercises 2d. (LexisNexis, 2005) (with Weaver, Bauman, Cross, Klein, Martin); Supervisory and Leadership Skills in the Modern Law Practice, (NITA 2006), Legal Strategy (NITA, 2006), Effective Expert Testimony , 2d. (NITA, 2005) (with Malone), Advanced Negotiation and Mediation Theory and Practice (with Guernsey) (NITA 2005); Looking to “Ground Motive” for a Religious Foundation for Law, 54 Emory L.J. 357, (2005), and the Utility of a Nonconsequentialist Rationale for Civil-Jury-Awarded Punitive Damages, 54 Kansas L.Rev. 403 (2006). He has made professional presentations and consulted with dozens of law firms and other organizations. In addition to torts, Zwier teaches Evidence, Advanced Trial Advocacy, and an Advanced Negotiation Seminar.
Professor of Law and Director of the Advocacy Skills Program. B.A., Calvin College, 1976; J.D., Pepperdine University, 1979; L.L.M., Temple University, 1981.
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