Christopher J. Peters

 

Wayne State University Law School

471 West Palmer

Detroit, Michigan  48202

Phone:  (313) 577-1147

Fax:  (313) 577-9016

c.j.peters@wayne.edu

www.law.wayne.edu/Faculty/Fac_web/cjpeters

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Current Appointments

 

Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan.  Associate Professor of Law (tenured), 2002-present

Courses taught:  Constitutional Law I & II; Civil Procedure; Legal Process; Constitutional Theory (seminar)

 

University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, Ohio.  Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, Fall 2004

Course taught:  Constitutional Law II

 

Previous Academic Appointments

 

University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Visiting Professor of Law, Fall 2002

      Courses taught:  Civil Procedure; Legal Process (seminar)

 

Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan.  Interim Associate Dean, 2003-2004; Assistant Professor of Law, 1998-2002; Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, 1997-1998

 

University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois.  Bigelow Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Law, 1995-1997

Courses taught:  Legal Writing and Research; Courts and the Democratic Ideal (seminar)

 

Previous Legal Employment

 

Latham & Watkins, Chicago, Illinois.  Associate, 1992-1995

Practice areas:  general commercial litigation and business law

 

Education

 

            University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.  J.D., cum laude, 1992

Journal:       Michigan Law Review.  Associate Editor, 1990-1991; Contributing Editor, 1991-1992

Awards:     William R. Jentes Scholarship, 1989-1992 (full-tuition merit scholarship)

Fisher Book Award, 1989-1990 (for excellence in legal writing)

 

Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts.  B.A., summa cum laude, 1989

Major:        History (concentration in medieval Europe)

Award:       Alfred F. Havighurst Prize, 1989 (for the outstanding senior honors thesis in History)

 

Published Scholarship

 

Alexander Bickel and the New Judicial Minimalism (with Neal Devins) (chapter in book to be published by SUNY Press, forthcoming 2004)

 

Adjudicative Speech and the First Amendment, 51 UCLA Law Review 705 (2004)

 

Participation, Representation, and Principled Adjudication, 8 Legal Theory 185 (2002) (refereed journal)

 

Persuasion:  A Model of Majoritarianism as Adjudication, 96 Northwestern University Law Review 1 (2001)

 

Federalism and Two Conceptions of Rights, 47 Wayne Law Review 945 (2001) (symposium contribution)

 

Assessing the New Judicial Minimalism, 100 Columbia Law Review 1454 (2000)

 

Outcomes, Reasons, and Equality, 80 Boston University Law Review 1095 (2000)

 

Slouching Towards Equality, 84 Iowa Law Review 801 (1999)

 

Book Note, 108 Ethics 642 (1998) (reviewing Joseph Vining, From Newton’s Sleep (1995))

 

Equality Revisited, 110 Harvard Law Review 1210 (1997)

 

Adjudication as Representation, 97 Columbia Law Review 312 (1997)

 

Foolish Consistency:  On Equality, Integrity, and Justice in Stare Decisis, 105 Yale Law Journal 2031 (1996)

 

Sounding the Floating Lien Creditor’s Safe Harbor:  “Value” and “Prejudice” Under Section 547(c)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, 5 Journal of Bankruptcy Law & Practice 29 (1995) (Part I), 5 Journal of Bankruptcy Law & Practice 169 (1996) (Part II) (with J. Douglas Bacon)

 

Book Notice, 89 Michigan Law Review 1395 (1991) (reviewing Hadley Arkes, Beyond the Constitution (1990))

 

Works in Progress

 

“The Problematic Political Case for Originalism” (article)

 

“A Democratic Model of American Adjudication” (book)

 

Scholarly Presentations

 

First Annual Constitutional Theory Conference, Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville (April 11-12, 2003)

Paper:  Free Speech and Evidentiary Rules

 

Brown-Bag Workshop Luncheon, Wayne State University Law School (April 1, 2003)

Paper:  Free Speech and Evidentiary Rules

 

Humanities Center Brown-Bag Workshop Series, Wayne State University (January 21, 2003)

Presentation:  Legal Interpretation and Political Legitimacy

 

Fawley Luncheon Series, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor (January 8, 2003)

Presentation:  Free Speech and Evidentiary Rules

 

Legal Theory Workshop, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor (November 4, 2002)

Paper:  The Problematic Political Case for Originalism

 

Wayne State Academy of Scholars Annual Outstanding Junior Faculty Lecture, Wayne State University (February 20, 2002)

Lecture:  Adjudication and Political Legitimacy

 

Faculty Workshop, Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee (September 5, 2001)

Paper:  Persuasion:  A Model of Majoritarianism as Adjudication 

 

Symposium on Federalism, Sovereignty, and Individual Rights, Wayne State University Law School (March 29, 2001)

Paper:  Federalism and Two Conceptions of Rights

 

Faculty Workshop, Wayne State University Law School (October 24, 2000)

Paper:  Statutory Interpretation:  A Conceptual Framework

 

University Forum, Wayne State University Academy of Scholars, Wayne State University (March 8, 2000)

Presentation:  “A Double Security … to the Rights of the People”:  The Supreme Court as Referee in the Ongoing Federal-State Conflict

 

Invited Panels, Conferences, Symposia, Etc.

 

Eighth Annual Analytical Legal Philosophy Conference, NYU Law School, New York (April 16-17, 2004)

 

Debate:  “Gay Marriage and the Constitution,” Wayne State University Law School (April 1, 2004)

Moderator

 

Symposium:  “Perspectives on Michigan Judicial Elections,” Wayne State University Law School (January 12, 2004)

            Speaker on implications of Minnesota Republican Party v. White for regulation of judicial campaign speech

 

Symposium:  “Blame Canada?  Trash in Michigan,” Wayne State University Law School (October 29, 2003)

            Speaker on dormant Commerce Clause implications Michigan’s attempts to regulate out-of-state waste

 

First Annual Constitutional Theory Conference, Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville (April 11-12, 2003)

 

Seventh Annual Analytical Legal Philosophy Conference, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut (April 19-20, 2002)

 

Faculty Fellows Conference, Session III, Humanities Center, Wayne State University (February 23, 2002)

Moderator

 

Sixth Annual Analytical Legal Philosophy Conference, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago (April 6-7, 2001)

 

Symposium on Federalism, Sovereignty, and Individual Rights, Wayne State University Law School (March 29, 2001)

 

Fifth Annual Analytical Legal Philosophy Conference, Columbia Law School, New York (April 7-8, 2000)

 

Symposium:  “Darwinism and Public Education,” Wayne State University (July 21, 1999)

 

Fourth Annual Analytical Legal Philosophy Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (April 8-9, 1999)

 

Third Annual Analytical Legal Philosophy Conference, San Diego, California (April 2-3, 1998)

 

Public Service Presentations

 

Oakland County Bar Association Youth Law Conference, Troy, MI (April 2004)

Presentation:  Free Speech and the Right of Privacy in Public High Schools

 

Michigan Campaign Finance Network et al. (2003-2004)

            Interview subject for professionally produced videotaped program discussing issues surrounding state judicial campaigns, to be distributed to schools, colleges, and cable access outlets

 

Oakland County Bar Association Youth Law Conference, Troy, MI (April 2003)

            Presentation:  First and Fourth Amendments

 

Oakland County Bar Association Youth Law Conference, Troy, MI (April 2002)

Presentation:  First and Fourth Amendments (with Robert Sedler)

 

Oakland County Bar Association Youth Law Conference, Troy, MI (April 2001)

Presentation:  First and Fourth Amendments (with Robert Sedler)

 

Legislative Testimony

 

Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, Michigan State Legislature (May 28, 2003)

            Testimony:  Regulation of Disposal of Out-of-State Waste and the Dormant Commerce Clause

 

Media Articles

 

Should the president be removed from office?  Pro:  Clinton deserves firing for violating public trust and constitutional duties, Detroit News (Jan. 10, 1999)

 

Clinton perverts Constitution to save his own political skin, Detroit News (Dec. 24, 1998)

 

Public opinion should play a role in impeachment process, Detroit Free Press (Sep. 24, 1998)

 

Cure for Watergate excess has created a new plague, Detroit Free Press (Jan. 27, 1998)

 

Media Appearances

 

Michigan Public Radio (November-December 2003)

Interview subject regarding dormant Commerce Clause implications of Michigan’s attempts to restrict out-of-state waste; excerpts from interview played on MPR radio news reports

 

Spotlight on the News, WXYZ Channel 7, Detroit (October 7, 2001)

Commentator on civil liberties issues following Sept. 11 attacks

 

The Legal Insider, GPWM Channel 5, Grosse Pointe, MI (April 2001)

Commentator on electoral college in wake of 2000 presidential election

 

Spotlight on the News, WXYZ Channel 7, Detroit (November 19, 2000)

Commentator on constitutional issues implicated by 2000 presidential election

 

Spotlight on the News, WXYZ Channel 7, Detroit (February 7, 1999)

Commentator on presidential impeachment trial

 

Pro Bono and Community Service Activities

 

Symposium:  “Perspectives on Michigan Judicial Elections” symposium, Wayne State University Law School (January 12, 2004)

Member of organizing committee for public symposium sponsored by Michigan Campaign Finance Network, Michigan League of Women Voters, Michigan Bar Association, and others

 

Michigan ACLU

Board member, Oakland County Branch

Member, Legal Committee, Oakland County Branch

Cooperating attorney

Briefs filed:  J&J Const. Co. v. Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen Local 1, No. 119357 (Mich. Sup. Ct. 2002) (amicus curiae)

 

Professional Honors and Awards

 

Wayne State Academy of Scholars Outstanding Junior Faculty Lecturer, Wayne State University (2002)

 

Recipient, Donald H. Gordon Award for Teaching Excellence, Wayne State University Law School (2001)

 

Teacher of the Year for First-Year Courses 2000-2001, Wayne State University Law School (awarded by Student Board of Governors)

 

Teacher of the Year for Upperclass Courses 1999-2000, Wayne State University Law School (awarded by Student Board of Governors)

 

Teacher of the Year for First-Year Courses 1997-1998, Wayne State University Law School (awarded by Student Board of Governors)

 

Academic Service

 

Wayne State University Law School

 

Associate Dean (2003-present)

Budget Advisory Committee:  member (1999-2001)

Career Services Advisory Committee:  member (2000-2001)

Constitutional Law Chair Committee:  member (1998-1999)

Curriculum Committee:  member (Winter 2003)

Gibbs Chair Search Committee:  member (2001-2002)

Honor Code Committee:  member (Winter 2003)

Legal Writing Committee:  chair (Winter 2003), member (1998-2000)

Programs and Awards Committee:  chair (1998-2001), member (2001-2002)

Readmissions Committee:  member (2003-2004, 1999-2000)

Student Discipline Hearing Panel:  member (1999-2000)

Student Recruitment Task Force:  member (1998-1999)

 

Wayne State University

 

Richard J. Barber Fund for Interdisciplinary Legal Research:   member, award review committee (2001-2002, 1999-2001)

The Humanities Center:  member, advisory board (2000-2002)

University Research Grant Program:  member, evaluation committee, Social and Behavioral Sciences and Law (2001-2002)

Wayne State Academy of Scholars Conference, “Responding to September 11,” March 1-2, 2002:  member, planning committee (2001-2002)

 

Professional Memberships

 

American Bar Association

Association of American Law Schools (sections on Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Federal Courts, and Jurisprudence)

 

Bar Admissions:  Illinois, 1992

 

 

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