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Jay Tidmarsh

Visiting Professor

Bio

Professor Jay Tidmarsh, an expert in complex civil litigation and civil procedure, joined the faculty of the Notre Dame Law School in 1989. He earned an A.B. with highest honors from Notre Dame in 1979 and a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1982. A member of the Wisconsin Bar, he practiced as a trial attorney with the Torts Division of the United States Department of Justice from 1982 to 1989. He served as a visiting professor of law at Michigan Law School in 2000 and at Harvard Law School in 2003. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the American Law Institute.

He teaches principally in the areas of civil procedure, complex civil litigation, federal courts, torts, conflict of laws, and evidence. He is the author or co-author of fifteen books, including casebooks in the fields of civil procedure and complex litigation, as well as numerous law-review articles in the fields of civil procedure, complex litigation, federal courts, and torts. He has served as Chair of the AALS Section on Civil Procedure, and as a member of the AALS Committee on Professional Development.

Courses Taught

LAW 60308, Civil Procedure
LAW 60901, Torts
LAW 70201, Evidence
LAW 70203, Remedies
LAW 70311, Federal Courts
LAW 70316, Complex Civil Litigation
LAW 70371, Conflict of Laws
LAW 70312, Suing the Federal Government

Scholarship

Books

The Procedural Safeguards of Liberty聽(Cambridge Univ. Press forthcoming 2025)

The Southwark Fire Court聽(London Topographical Society 2024)

Civil Procedure聽(6th ed. Foundation Press 2024), with Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., Suzanna Sherry & Steven S. Gensler

  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2024)

Civil Procedure聽(5th ed. Foundation Press 2020), with聽Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., & Suzanna Sherry

  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2023)
  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2022)
  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2021)
  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2020)

Complex Litigation and Its Alternatives聽(Foundation Press 2018), with聽Roger H. Trangsrud

Civil Procedure聽(4th ed. Foundation Press 2016), with聽Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., & Suzanna Sherry

  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2019)
  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2018)
  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2017)
  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2016)

聽Class Actions: Five Principles To Promote Fairness and Efficiency聽(LexisNexis 2013)

Strategies and Techniques for Teaching Civil Procedure聽(Aspen Publishers 2012)

Civil Procedure聽(3d ed. Foundation Press 2012), with聽Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., & Suzanna Sherry

  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2012)
  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2013)
  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2014)
  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2015)

Modern Complex Litigation聽(2d ed. Foundation Press 2010), with聽Roger H. Trangsrud

Civil Procedure聽(2d ed. Foundation Press 2008), with聽Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., & Suzanna Sherry

  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2008)
  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2009)
  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2010)
  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2011)

Civil Procedure:聽 The Essentials聽(Aspen Publishers 2007), with聽Suzanna Sherry

Civil Procedure聽(Foundation Press 2004), with聽Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., & Suzanna Sherry

  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2005)
  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2006)
  • Annual Developments and Rules Supplement (2007)

Complex Litigation:聽 Problems in Advanced Civil Procedure聽(Foundation Press 2002), with聽Roger H. Trangsrud

Complex Litigation and the Adversary System聽(Foundation Press 1998), with聽Roger H. Trangsrud’

  • Teacher’s Update (1999)
  • Supplement (2000)

Mass Tort Settlement Class Actions聽(Federal Judicial Center 1998)

Book Chapters

Jay Tidmarsh,听Chapters 60, 61, 62.1, 71.1 (Condemning Real or Personal Property),听in聽Moore鈥檚 Federal Practice聽(periodic updates)

The Story of聽Hansberry: The Rise of the Modern Class Action,聽in Civil Procedure Stories 233-294 (Kevin M. Clermont ed., Thomson-West 2008).

Hansberry v. Lee: The Foundation of Modern Class Actions,聽in Civil Procedure Stories 217-79 (Kevin M. Clermont ed., Foundation Press 2004).

Mandatory Prediscovery Disclosure in the Northern District of Indiana,聽in Mandatory Prediscovery Disclosure: A First Look, at tab 8 (M.B. Thaler and E. Ward eds., American Bar Association 1994).

Articles

, 48 BYU L. Rev. 2221 (2023), with Tladi Marumo.

Shifting Costs in American Discovery: A Critical Appraisal, 14 Erasmus L. Rev. Issue 4 (2021), at 246鈥55.

The Future of Multidistrict Litigation, 51 CONN. L. REV. 769 (2019), with聽Daniela Peinado Welsh

, 71 VAND. L. REV. 1801 (2018) (Symposium on the Future of Discovery)

, 83 U. CHI. L. REV. 1893 (2016)

聽48 LOY. U. CHI. L.J. 475 (2016) (Symposium on Judicial Decisionmaking)

Diagnosis and Treatment of the 鈥淪uperiority Problem,鈥聽69 VAND. L. REV. EN BANC 267 (2016)

Realising the Promise of Costs Budgets: An Economic Analysis, 35 CIVIL JUSTICE Q. 219 (2016)

聽68 Vand. L. Rev. 855 (2015).

聽99 Minn. L. Rev. 1459 (2015).

聽56 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 227 (2014).

聽82 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 767 (2014).

聽32 The Review of Litigation 691鈥719 (2013).

, 107 Nw. U. L. Rev. 565-592 (2013) (a contribution to a聽festschrift聽in honor of Martin Redish).

, 97 Cornell L. Rev. 87 (2011) (with Linda Sandstrom Simard)

Foreword:听贰谤颈别‘s Gift, 44 Akron L. Rev, 897 (2011).

Procedure, Substance, and听贰谤颈别, 64 Vand. L. Rev. 877 (2011).

, 79 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 542 (2011) (with David Betson).

聽87 Denv. U. L. Rev. 407 (2010)

聽41 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 263 (2010).

, 107 Mich. L. Rev. 1207 (2009) (with Paul F. Figley).

, 87 Tex. L. Rev. 1137 (2009).

聽35 W. St. U. L. Rev. 193 (2007).

聽93 Virginia L. Rev. 1355 (2007). (with Stephen Robinson).

聽81 Notre Dame L. Rev. 513 (2006).

A Theory of Federal Common Law,聽100 Nw. U. L. Rev. 585 (2006) (with Briah J. Murray).

聽75 Notre Dame Law Review 1161 (2000).

Looking Forward,聽1 Sedona Conference Journal 1 (2000).

聽62 Albany Law Review 1 (1998).

聽46 Journal of Legal Education 503 (1996).

聽51 Washington & Lee Law Review 1313 (1994).

聽25 Indiana Law Review 1419 (1992).

聽60 George Washington Law Review 1683 (1992).

Book Review

80 J. Relig. 702 (2000).

Reports

Mass Tort Settlement Class Actions: Five Case Studies and Their Policy Implications (Federal Judicial Center 1998).

Report of the Advisory Group on the Reduction of Cost and Delay in Civil Cases, with the Honorable Robert L. Miller Jr. (1991).

Congressional Testimony

Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act: Hearing on H.R. 1023 Before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, 104th Cong. (1996).

Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Procedure
  • Complex Civil Litigation
  • Federal Courts
  • Remedies
  • Torts
  • Evidence