Prof. Jay M. Feinman
Prof. Jay M. Feinman is Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law, Camden. Feinman is an internationally-known expert on contract law, tort law, legal education, and legal theory. His many publications include Un-Making Law: The Conservative Campaign to Roll Back the Common Law (Beacon Press, 2004); 1001 Legal Words You Need to Know (Oxford University Press, 2003); Law 101: Everything You Need to Know About the American Legal System (Oxford University Press, 2000) (including translations into Spanish, Japanese, and other languages); Professional Liability to Third Parties (American Bar Association, 2000); Economic Negligence (Little, Brown, 1995); and more than fifty scholarly articles. His scholarly work has been widely cited in the academic literature and by courts, including the United States Supreme Court. Among his professional activities, Feinman has served as Chair of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Contracts and Section on Teaching Methods. He is a member of The American Law Institute. He is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania (on inactive status) and New Jersey. Prior to joining the Rutgers faculty, Feinman taught at the University of Miami School of Law and practiced law with Dechert Price & Rhoads in Philadelphia. He also has taught at the law schools of Northwestern University, Karl Francis University in Austria, and Soochow University in Taiwan. At Rutgers, he has served as Associate Dean and Acting Dean of the law school, and he has received numerous awards and grants, including the Warren I. Susman Award for Excellence in Teaching as one of the outstanding teachers at the University. Feinman received his B.A. degree summa cum laude from American University and his J.D. degree cum laude from the University of Chicago, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and Comment Editor of the University of Chicago Law Review.