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Distinguished Scholar Brian Slocum Named Distinguished Professor
Professor Brian Slocum, PhD, is McGeorge School of Law's newest Distinguished Professor of Law.
Professor Brian Slocum, PhD, received the unanimous support of McGeorge鈥檚 Distinguished Professor of Law Advisory Committee to become McGeorge鈥檚 next Distinguished Professor of Law.
Dr. Slocum, a recognized expert in statutory interpretation and the application of linguistics to legal interpretation, is a prolific author whose work increasingly reflects a commitment to interdisciplinary and empirical approaches. Among his most notable recent works are (with Kevin Tobia and Victoria Nourse) in press with the Columbia Law Review, which is the first empirical study of ordinary meaning as determined by ordinary people, and , published in the Michigan Law Review and co-authored with Yale Law Professor William N. Eskridge and UC Santa Barbara Linguistics Professor Stefan Th. Gries.
Slocum is among one of the most cited faculty members at McGeorge, and he has had his work cited by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second, Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits. He has also been invited to speak at Yale Law School; St. Catherine鈥檚 College, Oxford; the University of Chicago; Stanford Law School; and Cambridge University.
Professor Slocum鈥檚 excellence also extends to the classroom. He has twice been voted Professor of the Year by McGeorge students, once by students in the day division and once by the evening students. He teaches Contracts, Statutes & Regulations, and Evidence.
鈥淭his is a case of the title catching up to the reputation,鈥� said Michael Hunter Schwartz, Dean of McGeorge School of Law, 鈥淏rian Slocum is a respected scholar and a beloved teacher. He is distinguished in every sense of the word.鈥�
earned his Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School, and he has a PhD in Linguistics from the University of California, Davis.
