Alexandra D. Lahav

Alexandra D. Lahav is an expert on civil procedure and complex litigation.  Prof. Lahav's research primarily focuses  on procedural justice and the limits of due process in class actions and other aggregate litigation.  For example, her recent articles have explored the justifications for innovative procedures such as statistical sampling and bellwether trials in mass tort litigation.   Her work has been cited in Federal District Court opinions as well as academic articles and treatises.  She regularly presents to academics and practitioners.  She is currently writing a book about litigation in America. 

Prof. Lahav has taught courses in civil procedure, complex litigation, class actions and professional responsibility.  She is a co-author of the popular civil procedure casebook Civil Procedure: Doctrine, Practice, and Context (4th ed) and serves as an editor on the Mass Tort Litigation Blog.

She graduated from Harvard Law School and clerked for Justice Alan Handler of the New Jersey Supreme Court.  She began her legal career as a litigator with a boutique civil rights firm in New York City, now called Emery, Celli, Brinckerhoff & Abady LLC.  After practicing for several years, she was a teaching fellow at Stanford Law School.  She has been a visiting professor at Columbia Law School, Fordham Law School and Tel Aviv University.  In Fall 2013 she will be a visiting professor at Yale Law School. 

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