Edward Hayes Cooper[1] is the Thomas M. Cooley Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Michigan Law School.[2] He is a leading scholar of civil procedure and federal jurisdiction.[2][3] Cooper is among the most widely cited authorities in civil procedure.[4]
Edward H. Cooper | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Law professor |
| Title | Thomas M. Cooley Professor of Law |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College (A.B.) Harvard Law School (LL.B.) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Michigan University of Minnesota Wayne State University |
Career
editCooper's hometown is Detroit, Michigan.[3] Cooper received his A.B. in economics from Dartmouth College and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School.[2][3] He was a law clerk to Judge Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit before practicing law in Detroit.[2] He was admitted to practice in Michigan on January 5, 1965.[5]
Cooper's first teaching job was as an adjunct professor at Wayne State University in Detroit.[3] Following this, he was associate professor at the University of Minnesota Law School for five years before joining the Michigan Law school faculty in 1972.[2] He was named the Thomas M. Cooley Professor of Law in 1988.[2] His predecessor in the chair was John W. Reed.[3] At Michigan, Cooper teaches civil procedure and jurisdiction and choice of law, and other courses.[2] In the past, he also taught antitrust.[3]
Cooper is the co-author, with Charles Alan Wright and Arthur R. Miller, of the first, second, and third editions of Federal Practice & Procedure, the leading legal treatise on federal jurisdiction and procedure.[2] The first version of the treatise was published in 1975.[3]
Cooper served as a member of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1991 to 1992, and has been reporter for that committee since 1992.[2][3] Cooper has been a member of the Council of the American Law Institute since 1988 and has served as adviser to the ALI Federal Judicial Code, International Jurisdiction and Judgments, and Transnational Procedure projects.[2][3]
Cooper is married, and he and his wife have two children and three grandchildren.[3]
Notes
edit- ^ Federal Practice and Procedure, vol. 14 (2011).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Faculty Biography - Edward H. Cooper. University of Michigan Law School.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Sheila Pursglove, Profile in Brief: Edward H. Cooper, Civil Society, Legal News (June 15, 2011).
- ^ Brian Leiter, Most Cited Law Professors by Specialty, 2000-2007.
- ^ Member Directory: Edward H. Cooper—P12204 Archived 2013-04-15 at archive.today, State Bar of Michigan.
External links
edit- Biography and profile from the University of Michigan Law School