Heidi Li Feldman

Heidi Li Feldman is an American professor of law at Georgetown Law. Her areas of research are torts, ethics, political philology, and legal theory. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute.

Heidi Li Feldman
Academic background
Alma materBrown University (A.B.)
University of Michigan (J.D., Ph.D.)
ThesisLegal judgments, thick concepts, and objectivity (1993)
Doctoral advisorPeter Railton
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan Law School
Georgetown Law

Education

Feldman attended Brown University where she received a Bachelor of Arts in 1986. In 1990, she earned a Juris Doctor from University of Michigan Law School.[1] While in law school, Feldman worked as an associate editor and article editor of the Michigan Law Review. She was a member of the Order of the Coif.[2] Feldman completed a doctorate in philosophy from University of Michigan in 1993.[1] Her 1993 dissertation was titled Legal judgement, thick concepts, and objectivity. Feldman's doctoral advisor was Peter Railton.[3]

Career

Feldman worked as an assistant professor at University of Michigan Law School from 1991 to 1998.[1] She taught courses on torts, ethics, and law and objectivity. Her research topics are tort law, political philosophy, ethics, and legal theory.[2] In 1997, she joined the faculty at Georgetown Law where she is a professor of law.[1] In May 2019, Feldman was a guest on the program To the Point with host Warren Olney IV where she discussed the Mueller Report.[4]

Awards and honors

Feldman is an elected member of the American Law Institute.[5]

Personal life

In 2018, Feldman created a GoFundMe on behalf of Christine Blasey Ford that later received $210,000 in donations.[6] In an interview with CNN, Feldman stated that she was motivated to raise funds after hearing about the death threats against Ford.[7] Feldman started another GoFundMe to raise funds to endow a professorship or scholarship in Blasey Ford's name. As of November 2018, it had raised over $30,000.[6]

Selected works

Journal articles
  • Feldman, Heidi Li (1995). "Science and Uncertainty in Mass Exposure Litigation". Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works.
  • Feldman, Heidi Li (1996). "Codes and Virtues: Can Good Lawyers be Good Ethical Deliberators?". Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works.
  • Feldman, Heidi Li (1997). "Harm and Money: Against the Insurance Theory of Tort Compensation". Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works.

References
  1. Jocelyn, Kennedy. "Heidi L. Feldman". University of Michigan Law School. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  2. University of Michigan Official Publication. 23. UM Libraries. 1993. p. 20.
  3. Feldman, Heidi Li (1993). "Legal judgments, thick concepts, and objectivity". Retrieved September 28, 2018 – via ProQuest.
  4. Olney, Warren (May 15, 2019). "The powers of Congress vs Trump's executive privilege". KCRW. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
  5. "Elected Member: Professor Heidi Li Feldman". American Law Institute. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  6. Swoyer, Alex (November 12, 2018). "Kavanaugh accuser still collects pledge cash". The Washington Times. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  7. Tatum, Sophie (September 19, 2018). "GoFundMe raises more than $100K to help Kavanaugh accuser with security expenses". CNN. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
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