Paul Kirgis
Professor of Law
Contact
- Office
- Law 316
- Phone
- 406-243-5291
- paul.kirgis@umontana.edu
- Website
Personal Summary
Paul Kirgis is a Professor of Law at the Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the 猎奇重口. Professor Kirgis focuses his teaching and scholarship on civil dispute resolution both within and outside of the traditional civil litigation paradigm. He teaches Evidence, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Advanced Torts, and other courses related to civil litigation. His articles have appeared in the Harvard Negotiation Law Review, the , the , the William & Mary Law Review, the , and the , among others.
Professor Kirgis joined the School of Law as Dean in 2015 and served in that role until 2021. Prior to joining the 猎奇重口, Professor Kirgis taught at St. John's University School of Law in New York City, where he founded and served as Faculty Chair of the Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution. Before entering teaching, Professor Kirgis practiced with two major law firms in Washington, D.C., where he had extensive litigation experience in areas including defamation, insurance coverage, commercial disputes, antitrust, government contracts, and tax.
Publications
Enforcing Arbitration Agreements Involving Indian Tribes (work-in-progress).
“Whimsy Little Contracts” with Unexpected Consequences: An Empirical Analysis of Consumer Understanding of Arbitration Agreements (with Jeff Sovern, Elayne Greenberg, and Yuxiang Liu) 75 Maryland Law Review 1 (2015).
, 19 HARVARD NEGOTIATION LAW REVIEW 69 (2014).
, 16 CARDOZO JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION 101 (2014).
, 28:1 NEGOTIATION JOURNAL 93 (2012)(peer-reviewed).
: Review Essay of RICHARD SUSSKIND, THE END OF LAWYERS? RETHINKING THE NATURE OF LEGAL SERVICES, 11 NEVADA L.J. 184 (2010).
, 17 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE L. REV. 503 (2009).
, 81 ST. JOHN'S L. REV. 99 (2007).
, 85 OREGON L. REV. 1 (2006).
, 39 GEORGIA L. REV. 895 (2005).
, 38 LOYOLA L.A. L. REV. 809 (2004).
, 54 JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION 395 (2004).
, Facts of Law, 8 INT'L J. EVID. & PROOF 47 (2004)(peer reviewed).
, 64 OHIO STATE L.J. 1125 (2003).
, 75 TEMPLE L. REV. 493 (2002).
, 43 WM. & MARY L. REV. 275 (2001).
, 75 ST. JOHN'S L. REV. 427 (2001).
, 24 AM. J. TRIAL AD. 347 (2000).
, 47 AM. U. L. REV. 301 (1997).
, 50 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 843 (1993).