Stephen MeiliProfessor of Clinical InstructionDartmouth College, B.A. Professor Stephen Meili comes to the Law School after 17 years at the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he directed the Consumer Law Clinic. As Director, he supervised the litigation of cases resulting in important federal and state court precedent in the areas of mandatory arbitration clauses, rent-to-own contracts, class certification, antitrust law, and ERISA. Through his work in the Consumer Clinic, Professor Meili became a leading authority on consumer law in Wisconsin. He wrote the chapter on consumer law in West's Wisconsin Practice Series Methods of Practice. He frequently testified before legislative committees and administrative agencies, and was consistently voted a "Top Lawyer" in the categories of consumer law and public interest law in Madison Magazine. He also served on advisory boards to state consumer protection agencies. Professor Meili has published numerous articles and chapters in edited volumes on lawyers and the legal profession, civil procedure, comparative law, and consumer protection. His most recent publications include Of Course He Just Stood There: He's the Law': Two Depictions of Cause Lawyers in Post-Authoritarian Chile (2008); Consumer Cause Lawyers in the United States: Lawyers for the Movement or a Movement unto Themselves? (2006); and Cause Lawyering for Collective Justice: A Case Study of the amparo colectivo in Argentina (2005). He also wrote the chapter on comparative approaches to consumer protection law in Legal Systems of the World (2002). His current research projects include a study of lawyer and client attitudes towards class actions, and a comparative study of laws regulating so-called "south to south" immigration within Latin America. Professor Meili has taught a variety of law school subjects, including Civil Procedure, Consumer Law, and Immigration Law. He also developed and was the lead teacher of Wisconsin's Pre-Trial Advocacy course, which trains students in a variety of lawyering skills. After graduating from law school, Professor Meili held a fellowship at Georgetown Law School's Institute for Public Representation, where he supervised law students on litigation and legislative projects in the areas of consumer, environmental and immigration law. Prior to his academic career, he was a partner in a plaintiffs'-side employment law firm in Hartford, Connecticut.
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