Biography
Paul J. Zwier II
Professor of Law
Areas of Expertise
Trial Techniques, Torts, Evidence, International Dispute Resolution
Biography
Paul J. Zwier II is one of the nation's most distinguished professors of advocacy and skills training. As director of the Advocacy Skills Program, director of Emory’s Program for International Advocacy and Dispute Resolution and a professor of law, Professor Zwier comes to Emory from the University of Tennessee Law School. At UT he was professor of law and director of the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution.
Professor Zwier is the former 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 for more than 20 years.
Professor Zwier has taught advocacy skills to international lawyers and judges in Arusha, Tanzania (ITCR); Den Hague, Netherlands (ICC); Monrovia, Liberia; Nairobi, Kenya; Tbilisi, Georgia; Northern Ireland; Scotland; England; Hong Kong and Bejing, China, 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 3rd ed. (LexisNexis, 2009) (with Weaver, Bauman, Cross, Klein, Martin); Mastering Torts (North Carolina Press, 2009); 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 presentation 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.
Education: BA, Calvin College, 1976; JD, Pepperdine University, 1979; LLM, Temple University, 1981.
Publications
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Looking to Ground Motives for a Religious Foundations for Law 54 Emory L.J. 357 2005
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Burden of Proof: Developments in Modern Chinese Evidence Rules 10 Tul. J. Comp. & Int'l L. 419 2002
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The Ethics 2000 Commission and the Lawyer-Client Relationship 70 Tenn. L. Rev. [v] (2002-2003) 2002
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Epistemology after Daubert, Kumho Tire, and the New Federal Rule of Evidence 702 74 Temp. L. Rev 103 2001
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Technology and Opening Statements: A Bridge to the Virtual Trial of the Twenty-First Century 67 Tenn. L. Rev. 523 1999
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Looking for a Nonlegal Process: Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Care Perspective 30 U. Rich. L. Rev. 199 1996
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Due Process and Punitive Damages 1991 Utah L. Rev. 407 1991
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God, Man, and Jury 1989 Utah L. Rev. 433 1989
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Who Knows Best about Damages: A Case for Court's Rights 93 Dick. L. Rev. 689 1988
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Is the Maryland Director and Officer Liability Statute Based on a Male-Oriented Ethical Model 18 U. Balt. L. Rev. 368 1988
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The Consequentialist/Nonconsequentialist Ethical Distinction: A Tool for the Formal Appraisal of Traditional Negligence and Economic Tort Analysis 26 B. C. L. Rev. 905 1984
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Cause in Fact in Tort Law - A Philosophical and Historical Examination 31 DePaul L. Rev. 769 1981
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First Bank of Boston v. Bellottii, Corporations Right to Political Speech 6 Pepp. L. Rev. 529 1978
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