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Professor Denis F. McLaughlin, the
Director of the Judicial Externship
Program, specializes in Civil Procedure,
Evidence, and Litigation Advocacy.
Professor McLaughlin currently teaches
Civil Procedure, Evidence, and Remedies.
He has also taught Civil Trial Practice,
Professional Responsibility, New Jersey
Practice, and in the Civil Litigation
Clinic. In addition to directing the
Judicial Externship Program, he also
serves as the faculty advisor of the
Seton Hall Circuit Review.
Professor McLaughlin has been named
“Professor of the Year” by the Student
Bar Association four times, most
recently in 2008. In 2005, he was
honored with the Law School’s Miriam T.
Rooney Award for Distinguished Service
and in 2006, he was selected by the
graduating class as the commencement
speaker.
Professor McLaughlin is the co-author of
“Civil Procedure - Cases, Text, Notes,
and Problems” (Carolina Academic Press,
2d Ed. 2008). He has written numerous
articles on civil practice and procedure
and his law review article on the
Federal Supplemental Jurisdiction
Statute has been cited in 43 judicial
opinions, including 9 federal courts of
appeals and two state supreme court
opinions. Professor McLaughlin is a
lecturer on N.J. Civil Case Law for the
New Jersey Law Journal's Continuing
Legal Education Program and the New
Jersey Attorney General's Advocacy
Institute, a lecturer on N.J. Civil
Procedure for the BAR/BRI bar review
course, and a trainer for the National
Institute of Trial Advocacy. In 2008, he
was appointed to the New Jersey Supreme
Court Committee on the Rules of
Evidence. He has also served as a member
of the New Jersey Supreme Court Special
Civil Part Practice Committee since
1996.
Following graduation from Villanova Law
School, Professor McLaughlin served as
law clerk to the Honorable Donald W. Van
Artsdalen of the U. S. District Court
for the Eastern District of PA from
1973-75 and from 1976-1986, he served as
a staff and supervising attorney for the
Legal Aid Society of Morris County, N.J.
Professor McLaughlin has taught at Seton
Hall since 1984, joining the full time
faculty in 1987.
Professor McLaughlin received his B.A.,
magna cum laude, and his J.D., cum
laude, from Villanova University where
he was Case and Comment Editor of the
Law Review, recipient of the Dougherty
Fellowship, and elected to the Order of
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Civil Procedure - Cases, Text,
Notes, and Problems
(2d Ed. 2008), with Professors Larry
Teply and Ralph Whitten, (Carolina
Academic Press, Publisher)
Civil Procedure - Cases, Text,
Notes, and Problems
(2007), with Professors Larry Teply
and Ralph Whitten, (Carolina
Academic Press, Publisher)
Cases, Text, and Problems on
Civil Procedure (2d. Ed.
2002), with Professors Larry Teply
and Ralph Whitten, (Wm.
Hein & Co., Inc., Publisher)
2007 Annual Review of New Jersey
Civil Case Law,
with Professor Paula Franzese (N.J.
Law Journal, Publisher)
2006 Annual Review of New
Jersey Civil Case Law, with
Professor Paula Franzese (N.J.
Law Journal, Publisher)
2005 Annual Review of New
Jersey Civil Case Law, with
Professors Paula Franzese and Ronald
Riccio (N.J.
Law Journal, Publisher)
2004 Annual Review of New
Jersey Civil Case Law, with
Professors Paula Franzese and Ronald
Riccio (N.J.
Law Journal, Publisher)
The New “Restyled” Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure – A Review of the
Restyled Rules and Other New Civil
and Evidence Rule Amendments,
190
N.J. Law Journal 1150 (2007)
E-Discovery Was Not the Only
Rule Change - A Review of the New
Federal E-Discovery, Evidence and
Other Civil and Appellate Rule
Changes, 186
N.J. Law Journal 1106 (2006)
Diversity Actions: Law’s Lapse
Expands Supplemental Jurisdiction -
The Supreme Court’s Decision in
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah
Services, Inc., 15
N.J. Lawyer 143 (2006)
Circuit Split on Federal
Question Jurisdiction Resolved -
Supreme Court Overrules Third
Circuit View in Grable & Sons Metal
Products, Inc. v. Darue Engineering
& Manufacturing, 181
N.J. Law Journal 737(2005)
Federal Discovery Amendments
Generate National Debate,
162
N.J. Law Journal 1128 (2000)
The Redefining of Professional
Ethics in New Jersey Under Chief
Justice Wilentz: A Legacy of Reform,
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Seton Hall Constitutional Law
Journal 351 (1997), with
Professor Michael Ambrosio
On Becoming A Lawyer,
26
Seton Hall Law Review 505
(1996)
The Budget Isn't the Only Game
in Town; Congress and Courts Keep
Changing the Rules, 143
N.J. Law Journal 551 (1996)
Rule Changes Pending in
Congress: The Shape of Things to
Come?, 143
N.J. Law Journal 683 (1996)
New Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure - A Guide For Lawyers -
Part One, 3
N.J. Lawyer 49 (1994) and
New Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure - A Guide For Lawyers -
Part Two, 3
N.J. Lawyer 89 (1994)
Controversial Rule 11 is
Substantially Revised, 3
New Jersey Lawyer 168 (1994)
The Federal Supplemental
Jurisdiction Statute: A
Constitutional and Statutory
Analysis, 24
Arizona State University Law Journal
849-993 (1992)
Civil Procedure Rule Changes
on the Books, 130
N.J. Law Journal 90 (1992)
Federal Courts Commence Civil
Practice Changes, 127
N.J. Law Journal 463 (1991)
The Use of Expert Witnesses in
Establishing Liability in Legal
Malpractice Cases, 61
Temple University Law Review
1351 (1988), with Professor Michael
Ambrosio
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