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David A. Simon

Trinity College

On the Relation Between the Author and a Work: A Philosophy of Moral Rights

Summary

Start Date: 2011/09.

End Date: 2014/06.

Education / CV

EDUCATION
  University of Cambridge, Trinity College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  Ph.D. candidate, Law, expected 2014
          Cambridge International Scholar

  Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
  LL.M., 2010 – 2011
          Harvard Journal on Law & Technology
          Berkman Center for Internet & Society Clinic
          Research Assistant for Jon Hanson

  Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL
  J.D., Order of the Coif, High Honors, 2005 – 2008
          Merit Scholarship
          Dean's List (all semesters)
          Moot Court Honor Society
          Research Assistant for Joan Steinman
          Certificate in Intellectual Property Law
          Judicial Externships: Hon. Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, U.S. District Court Judge (N.D. Ill.)
                                        Justices David Erickson & Rudlpho Garcia, Illinois Appellate Court

  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  B.A., magna cum laude, Political Science, Philosophy (minor), 2002 – 2005
          James Angell Scholar
          Golden Key Scholar
          Dean's List (all semesters)

SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE
  Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
  Summer Academic Fellow, Summer 2011

  Harvard College, Department of Government, Cambridge, MA
  Teaching Fellow, Summer 2011 (International Law)
                           Spring 2011 (The Supreme Court & American Politics)

  Hon. Martin Ashman, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Chicago, IL
  Law Clerk, Jan. 2009 – Aug. 2010 

  Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, IL
  Adjunct Professor of Education Law, 2008 – 2009 

  Dahl & Bonadies, Chicago, IL
  Associate Attorney, 2008 – 2009

Fields of Research

Intellectual Property, Philosophy, Empirical Legal Studies, Property
SSRN Page: http://goo.gl/Rc12k

Representative Publications

Articles
An Empirical Analysis of Fair Use Decisions Under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy, 53 BOSTON COLLEGE LAW REVIEW (forthcoming 2012)

Explaining the Supreme Court’s Shrinking Docket (with Ryan J. Owens), 53 WILLIAM & MARY LAW REVIEW (forthcoming 2012)

Culture, Creativity, & Copyright, 28 CARDOZO ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT LAW JOURNAL (forthcoming 2011)

Reasonable Perception and Parody in Copyright Law, 2010 UTAH LAW REVIEW 779 (2010)

In Search of (Maintaining) the Truth: The Use of Copyright Law by Religious Organizations, 16 MICHIGAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY LAW REVIEW 355 (2010)

Teaching Without Infringement: A New Model for Educational Fair Use, 20 FORDHAM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT LAW JOURNAL 453 (2010)

Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems: Should Appellate Courts Have Nonparty Jurisdiction Over Lawyers’ Appeals From Nonmonetary Sanctions?, 78 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI LAW REVIEW 183 (2009) 

Register Trademarks and Keep the Faith: Trademarks, Religion, and Identity, 49 IDEA 233 (2009)

Presentations
An Empirical Analysis of Fair Use Decisions Under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy, Intellectual Property Scholars Conference (Aug. 2011)

Culture, Creativity, & Copyright, 8th Annual Works in Progress Intellectual Property Conference (Feb. 2011)

Reasonable Perception and Parody in Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable (Mar. 2010)

Teaching Without Infringement: A New Model for Educational Fair Use, 7th Annual Works in Progress Intellectual Property Conference (Oct. 2009)

In Search of (Maintaining) the Truth: The Use of Copyright Law by Religious Organizations, Intellectual Property Scholars Conference (Aug. 2009)

Poems
Pierced Cotton, North Chicago Review (2011)

Dissertation
Supervisors

Lionel Bentley (Law)
Alex Oliver (Philosophy)