Lisa Kloppenberg serves as Law Professor & Dean Emerita as well as Special Assistant to the Vice President for University Relations at Santa Clara University. She previously served as Acting President, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Dean of the School of Law between 2013-22. She is a nationally renowned scholar in Conflict Resolution and her latest book, The Best Beloved Thing is Justice, was published by Oxford University Press (2022). Lisa is dedicated to our Jesuit mission of educating the whole person: heads, hands and hearts for service to others. She has prioritized increased access and affordability as well as increased diversity, equity and inclusion at Santa Clara University. In her time at SCU, she also fostered stronger connections to Silicon Valley and provided more experiential learning opportunities for students.
J.D., University of Southern California Law Center
B.A., University of Southern California
Constitutional Law, Dispute Resolution
Books
Resolving Disputes: Theory, Practice, and Law, with Folberg, Golann, and Stipanowich. 2nd edition. Wolters Kluwer (2010)
Resolving Disputes: Theory, Practice, and Law, with Folberg, Golann, and Stipanowich. Aspen Publishers (2005) | Link to Library Catalog
Playing It Safe: How the Supreme Court Sidesteps Hard Cases and Stunts the Development of Law. New York University Press (2001)
Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure: 1994 Handbook: Legislative History and Summary of Major Changes. Butterworth Legal Publishers (1993)
Articles
Training the Heads, Hands and Hearts of Tomorrow's Lawyers: A Problem Solving Approach, (Symposium), 2013 Journal of Dispute Resolution 103-142 (2013) | Link to Digital Commons
Pro Bono: Assessing Aims and Achievement, with Shaw, (Leadership in Legal Education Symposium IX Essays), 40 University of Toledo Law Review 357-369 (2009) | Link to Digital Commons
Educating Problem Solving Lawyers for Our Profession and Communities, 61 Rutgers Law Review 1099-1114 (2009) | Link to Digital Commons
The Rise of Two-Year Programs?: Transcript of Proceedings, 38 Southwestern Law Review 541-552 (2009) | Link to Digital Commons
"Lawyer as Problem Solver:" Curricular Innovation at Dayton, (Leadership in Legal Education Symposium VII - Essays by American Law Deans), 38 University of Toledo Law Review 547-556 (2007) | Link to Digital Commons
The Avoidance Canon: From the Cold War to the War on Terror, 32 University of Dayton Law Review 349-360 (2007) | Link to Digital Commons
Does Avoiding Constitutional Questions Promote Judicial Independence?, 56 Case Western Reserve Law Review 1031-1041 (2006) | Link to Digital Commons
Reforming Chinese Arbitration Law and Practices in the Global Economy, with Xiuwen, 31 University of Dayton Law Review 421-452 (2006) | Link to Digital Commons
The Balancing Act: Leadership in Strategic Planning, 36 University of Toledo Law Review 103-110 (2004) | Link to Digital Commons
Implementation of Court-Annexed Environmental Mediation: The District of Oregon Pilot Project, 17 Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution 559-596 (2002) | Link to Digital Commons
Avoiding Serious Constitutional Doubts: The Supreme Court's Construction of Statutes Raising Free Speech Concerns, 30 University of California at Davis Law Review 1-93 (1996) | Link to Digital Commons
The Public Interest in the Work of the Courts: Opinions and Beyond, 76 Oregon Law Review 249-256 (1996) | Link to Digital Commons
Measured Constitutional Steps, 71 Indiana Law Journal 297-354 (1996) | Link to Digital Commons
Avoiding Constitutional Questions, 35 Boston College Law Review 1106-1066 (1994) | Link to Digital Commons
Disclosure of Confidential Sources in International Reporting, 60 Southern California Law Review 1631-1671 (1987) | Link to Digital Commons
Other Articles
"A Charmed Life": In Memory of Francis J. Conte, 36 University of Dayton Law Review 279-283 (2011) | Link to Digital Commons
CLEPR Anniversary Remarks Regarding Judge Dorothy Wright Nelson, 16 Clinical Law Review 29-31 (2009) | Link to Digital Commons
Telling a Constitutional Story: Examples of Constitutional Dialogue, 49 Saint Louis University Law Journal 685-690 (2005) | Link to Digital Commons
A Mentor of Her Own, 33 University of Toledo Law Review 99-102 (2001) | Link to Digital Commons