Teaching interests: Tort Law, Products Liability, Privacy Law, Firearms Policy.

Education: B.S., University of Florida; J.D., University of Florida.

Experience:  Professor and Herbert Herff Chair of Excellence in Law (2006-present) and Associate Dean for Faculty Development (2008-present), Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, University of Memphis; Professor, Florida International University College of Law, 2002-2006; Nadine H. Baum Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law (Baum Prof. 1998-2002; Prof. 1992-1998; Assoc. Prof. 1989-92; Asst. Prof. 1986-89); Visiting Professor, Wake Forest University School of Law, Spring 2000; Visiting Professor, Golden Gate University School of Law, 1991-92 academic year and Spring 1997; Visiting Professor, University of Colorado School of Law, Summer 1994; Associate, Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe, Jacksonville, Florida, 1982-1986; Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Charles R. Scott, United States District Judge, Middle District of Florida, 1980-82.

Admitted:  Florida; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida; U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Achievements/Publications: Andrew J. McClurg is a nationally and internationally recognized scholar and teacher in the areas of tort law, products liability, privacy law, and firearms policy. He came to the University of Memphis to accept the Herff Chair in Excellence in 2006. From 2002-06, he was a member of the founding faculty at the Florida International University College of Law. Previously, he was the Nadine H. Baum Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and also has taught at Wake Forest University, the University of Colorado, and Golden Gate University. A distinguished teacher, McClurg is the recipient of five teaching awards, including four Teacher of the Year awards. His many books and law review articles have been cited by more than 350 scholars in more than 200 different journals, including the law reviews of every “Top 25” law school listed in the 2008 U.S. News & World Report rankings. McClurg has received two law school excellence awards for his legal scholarship.

He is the author of more than twenty law review articles, including articles in top-tier journals such as such as the Northwestern Law Review, Boston University Law Review, North Carolina Law Review, Notre Dame Law Review, Hastings Law Journal, and the U.C.-Davis Law Review. His most recent book, 1L of a Ride: A Well-Traveled Professor’s Roadmap to Success in the First Year of Law School (West 2009), is receiving excellent reviews. McClurg also is the Series Editor for Carolina Academic Press’s new series of comparative law books: The Contextual Approach Series.  He is also co-author of the first entry in the series: Practical Global Tort Litigation: United States, Germany, and Argentina (2007) (with Koyuncu and Sprovieri).  I addition to his scholarly writings, McClurg is the author/editor of two legal humor books, webmaster of lawhaha.com (a humor site for legal professionals), and the former monthly humor columnist for the American Bar Association Journal. He has been interviewed and quoted as a legal expert by National Public Radio, Time, U.S. News and World Report, the New York Times, and dozens of other media sources.  As a legal commentator, he’s published op-ed columns in newspapers such as the Washington Post and Miami Herald. Prior to joining academia, McClurg served as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Charles R. Scott (M.D. Fla.) and worked four years as a trial lawyer. He graduated 3rd in his class and Order of the Coif from the University of Florida College of Law, where he was a member of the Florida Law Review.

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