Brooke D. Coleman
Co-Associate Dean For Research And Faculty Development And Professor Of Law
Curriculum VitaeBiography
Professor Coleman's research and teaching interests focus on procedure and procedural justice. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in the New York University Law Review, Boston College Law Review, and Notre Dame Law Review, among others. She is also the co-author of an innovative civil procedure casebook, Learning Civil Procedure.
Prior to joining the faculty of Seattle University, Professor Coleman was a Thomas C. Grey Fellow at Stanford Law School. She also clerked for Honorable David F. Levi, district judge in the Eastern District of California and then-chair of the Standing Committee on the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure. During that time, she worked on a variety of procedural amendments, including the civil rule amendments to account for electronic discovery and the appellate rule amendments governing citation to unpublished opinions. Before her clerkship, she practiced as an attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian in Palo Alto, California.
Professor Coleman's teaching interests include civil procedure, advanced litigation, and federal courts. She has received numerous honors for her teaching, including the law school's Outstanding Faculty Award in 2013, 2015, and 2016.
Publications
Law Review Articles
#SoWhiteMale (federal civil rulemaking), NW. U. L. REV. (online and in print) (forthcoming 2018)
A Legal Fempire?: Women in Complex Civil Litigation, 93 IND. L. J. __ (forthcoming 2018)
· Selected for peer review in JOTWELL (2017)
· Selected for the Ninth Annual Federal Courts Workshop
Reinvigorating Commonality: Gender & Class Actions, 92 N.Y.U. LAW REV. 895 (2017)
(with Elizabeth Porter)
One Percent Procedure, 91 WASH. L. REV. 1005 (2016)
The Efficiency Norm, 56 B.C. L. REV. 1777 (2015)
· Selected for peer review in JOTWELL (2016)
Civil-izing Federalism, 89 TUL. L. REV. 307 (2014)
· Selected for the Seventh Annual Federal Courts Workshop
Prison is Prison, 88 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 2399 (2013)
· Cited in BARBARA BABCOCK ET AL., CIVIL PROCEDURE: CASES & PROBLEMS (5th ed. 2013)
The Vanishing Plaintiff, 42 SETON HALL L. REV. 501 (2012)
Recovering Access: Rethinking the Structure of Federal Civil Rulemaking, 39 N.M. L. REV. 261 (2009)
Books
LEARNING CIVIL PROCEDURE (2D. ED. WEST, 2015) with Jeffrey W. Stempel, Michael J. Kaufman, David F. Herr, & Steven Baicker-McKee
Selected Blogs and Other Works
Discovering Innovation: Discovery Reform & Federal Civil Rulemaking, 51 AKRON L. REV. ___ (forthcoming 2018) (invited symposium)
Federal Civil Rulemaking, Discovery Reform, & the Promise of Pilot Projects, ACS Issue Brief, March 2018, https://www.acslaw.org/mandatoryinitialdiscovery (invited response)
Dear White Men: You Are the Key to Women's Success in Law Firms, Bloomberg, September 12, 2017
Recent Activity
In the News
#SoWhiteMale: Civil Rules Group’s Makeup Limits Its WorkMay 18, 2018 | Big Law Business
Monsanto's Cancer Fight Judge Pictures Weed Killer ShowersMarch 13, 2018 | Bloomberg Technology
Professor Brooke Coleman explains the importance of expert witnesses in product liability litigation.
Hyundai Class Ruling 'Gift to Corporate Defendants'January 25, 2018 | Bloomberg
Brooke Coleman says a ruling that appears to be pro-plaintiff might actually benefit corporate defendants.
Dear White Men: You Are the Key to Women’s Success in Law FirmsSeptember 12, 2017 | Bloomberg BNA
Professor Brooke Coleman encourages firms to help encourage gender equality through mentorship.
Gender Gap for Female Experts Won’t Be Easily NarrowedAugust 31, 2017 | Bloomberg
Law Firms Head Back To School For Diversity GuidanceAugust 21, 2017 | Law360
Professor Brooke Coleman offers suggestions for law firms interested in diversity.
2 Ways To Combat Law's Gender Inequality ProblemJuly 19, 2017 | Law360
Bias awareness can help combat inequality in law, Professor Brooke Coleman says.