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Shines a light on the ways in which civil procedure may privilege-or silence-voices in our justice system

In today's increasingly hostile political and cultural climate, law schools throughout the country are urgently seeking effective tools to address embedded inequality in the United States legal system. A Guide to Civil Procedure aims to serve as one such tool by centering questions of systemic injustice in the teaching, learning, and practice of civil procedure.

Featuring an outstanding group of diverse scholars, the contributors illustrate how law school curriculums often ignore issues such as race, gender, disability, class, immigration status, and sexual orientation. Too often, students view the #MeToo movement, Black Lives Matter, immigration/citizenship controversy, or LGBTQ+ issues as mere footnotes to their legal education, often leading to the marginalization of many students and the production of graduates that do not view issues of systemic injustice as central to their profession.

A Guide to Civil Procedure reveals how procedure is, and always has been, a central pressure point in the struggle to eradicate structural inequality and oppression through the courts. This book will give students and scholars alike a more complex view of their roles as attorneys, sharpen their litigation skills, and provide a stronger sense of community and purpose in the law school classroom.

ISBN-13: 9781479805938

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: New York University Press

Publication Date: 07-12-2022

Pages: 448

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Brooke Coleman (Editor) Brooke Coleman is an Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development and Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law. Suzette Malveaux (Editor) Suzette Malveaux is Provost Professor of Civil Rights Law and Director of the Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law at the University of Colorado Law School. Portia Pedro (Editor) Portia Pedro is an Associate Professor of Law and a Peter Paul Career Development Professor at Boston University School of Law. Elizabeth Porter (Editor) Elizabeth Porter is the Associate Dean for Academic Administration and Charles I. Stone Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law.

Table of Contents

Why Procedure Is Critical, Constitutive, and Vulnerable: A Reconstruction Foreword Judith Resnik xi

Introduction Brooke Coleman Suzette Malveaux Portia Pedro Elizabeth Porter 1

Part I Theoretical Concepts in Civil Procedure 3

1 A Critical Perspective on Personal Jurisdiction: Kulko v. Superior Court Roy L. Brooks 5

2 Forging Fortuity Against Procedural Retrenchment: Developing a Critical Race Theoretical Account of Civil Procedure Portia Pedro 23

3 Civil Procedure in the Shadow of Violence Shirin Sinnar 32

4 Multiple Disadvantages: An Empirical Test of Intersectionality Theory in Equal Employment Opportunity Litigation Rachel Kahn Best Lauren B. Edelman Linda Hamilton Krieger Scott R. Eliason 41

5 Orientalizing Procedure: Insiders and Outsiders in the Doctrine of Arbitration Danya Shocair Reda 51

6 Prisoner Procedure Katherine Macfarlane 58

7 The Benefits of Class Actions and the Increasing Threats to Their Viability Suzette Malveaux 67

8 Disability Employment Class Actions Jasmine Harris 75

9 Procedure and Indian Children Matthew L. M. Fletcher Neoshia R. Roemer 85

Part II Institutional Anchors in Civil Procedure 95

10 The Ideal and the Actual in Procedural Due Process Norman W. Spaulding Barbara Allen Babcock Toni Massaro 97

11 The Restrictive Ethos in Civil Procedure A. Benjamin Spencer 108

12 Losers' Rules Nancy Gertner 116

13 Disruptors and Disruptions: Re-centering Procedural Narrative Alexander A. Reinert 124

14 Class in Courts: Incomplete Equality's Challenges for the Legitimacy of Procedural Systems Judith Resnik 132

15 Can a Gay Judge Judge a Gay Rights Case? Thoughts on Judicial Neutrality Brian Soucek 143

16 (Un)Conscious Judging Elizabeth Thornburg 153

17 When Law Forsakes the Poor Myriam Gilles 162

18 Doorways of Discretion: Psychological Science and the Legal Construction and Erasure of Racism Victor D. Quintanilla 170

19 #SoWhiteMale: Federal Civil Rulemaking Brooke Coleman 180

Part III Constitutional Procedure: Due Process and Jurisdiction 191

20 Building a Litigation Coalition: Business Interests and the Transformation of Personal Jurisdiction Charlton Copeland 193

21 Notice and the Narratives of Court Access Robin J. Effron 202

22 Subject Matter Jurisdiction: The Interests of Power and the Power of Interests Elizabeth McCuskey 210

23 Jurisprudence and Recommendations for Tribal Court Authority Due to Imposition of US Limitations Angelique Eagle Woman (Wambdi A. Was'te Winyan) 219

24 How Jurisdiction-Channeling Erodes Rights David Marcus 231

25 Procedural Barriers to the Use of Title IX as a Defense for Transgender Students in State Juvenile Justice Proceedings Briana Rosenbaum 240

Part IV The Process of Litigation 249

26 Pleading and Antiracism Deseriee Kennedy 251

27 The Master of the Complaint? Pleadings in Our Inegalitarian Age Andrew Hammond 260

28 Undocumented Civil Procedure Stephen Lee 269

29 Privilege and Voice in Discovery Seth Katsuva Endo 278

30 Civil Rights Summarily Denied: Race, Evidence, and Summary Judgment in Police Brutality Cases Jasmine Gonzales Rose 286

31 Gender and Summary Judgment Elizabeth M. Schneider 294

32 Summary Judgment, Factfinding, and Juries Suja A. Thomas 303

33 The Disparate Racial Impacts of Color-Blind Juror Eligibility Requirements Kevin R. Johnson 311

Part V Litigation and Arbitration 321

34 The Power of Narrative Through Intervention in Affirmative Action Cases Danielle Holley-Walker 323

35 Class Actions and the "Day in Court" Ideal: Class Actions as Collective Power Against Subordination Sergio J. Campos 332

36 Reinvigorating Commonality: Gender and Class Actions Brooke Coleman Elizabeth Porter 340

37 Critical Procedure: Alternative Dispute Resolution and the Justices' "Second Wave" Constriction of Court Access and Claim Development Eric K. Yamamoto 349

38 Reconsidering Prejudice in Alternative Dispute Resolution for Black Work Matters Michael Z. Green 359

39 When Forum Determines Rights: Forced Arbitration of Discrimination Claims Stephanie Bornstein 368

Acknowledgments 379

About the Editors 381

About the Contributors 385

Index 405