Cardozo School of Law Professor Myriam Gilles Named Paul R. Verkuil Research Chair
The vice dean and faculty member assumed the chair on January 1.
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| Vice Dean Myriam Gilles |
January 25, 2017 – Cardozo School of Law/Yeshiva University is pleased to announce that Professor Myriam Gilles has been appointed the Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law. Professor Gilles has been a member of the Cardozo faculty for many years and became Cardozo’s vice dean last year. The Verkuil Chair is named after Cardozo’s eminent fourth dean, Paul R. Verkuil.
“Myriam is a first-rate legal scholar and beloved teacher,” said Dean Melanie Leslie. “Her scholarship has had a tremendous impact, and her dedication to her students has greatly enhanced the entire Cardozo community.”
Professor Gilles is a well-respected scholar whose work on the deleterious effects of mandatory arbitration on the rights of consumers and employees has influenced policymakers and jurists. She also writes on issues relating to complex litigation, mass torts, consumer class action litigation and procedural due process. Her scholarship has appeared in top law reviews, including the University of Chicago, Columbia, Michigan, Berkeley and the University of Pennsylvania. In 2015, Professor Gilles testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the Arbitration Fairness Act, and she has lectured and appeared on dozens of panels before judges, legislators and policymakers.
Professor Gilles has been a member of the Cardozo faculty since 1999, teaching Torts and Elements of Law, as well as Civil Procedure, Aggregate Litigation and Products Liability Law.
A graduate of Harvard University, Professor Gilles received her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1996. She was a visiting professor at the University of Virginia Law School in 2004 and a fellow in the Program of Law and Public Affairs at Princeton University in 2005. In 2016, she became the vice dean.
Paul R. Verkuil is a prominent attorney and expert in administrative law who was Cardozo Law’s fourth dean from 1997 to 2001. In 2009, Verkuil was nominated by President Barack Obama to be head of the Administrative Conference of the United States. The Verkuil Chair was funded by a generous grant from Honorary Cardozo Board of Overseers members Thomas H. Lee and Ann G. Tenenbaum.