希勒尔J. Bavli

希勒尔J. Bavli is an Associate Professor of Law at SMU 戴德曼法学院. His teaching 和 scholarship interests are primarily in the fields of evidence 和 torts, he is particularly interested in applications of statistics to law.

Professor Bavli's current work includes a book on character evidence (under contract with Cambridge University Press) 和 a number of empirical studies. His scholarship has been published or is forthcoming in peer-reviewed journals such as the 法律研究杂志 和 法,概率 & 风险, as well as in law reviews such as the 斯坦福法律评论, 爱荷华法律评论, Boston College Law Review, U.C. 《威尼斯人娱乐城》. He also serves on various panels 和 committees related to his areas of scholarship. His recent service includes, 例如, memberships on the American Statistical Association Advisory Committee on Forensic Science, the AALS Section on 证据 Executive Committee, a government-sponsored panel organized to review 和 improve proposed st和ards related to DNA testimony.

An experienced litigation attorney, Professor Bavli has practiced in the fields of complex commercial litigation, 反托拉斯法, 以及刑法, most recently at the firms Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 和 Boies Schiller Flexner LLP. Prior to joining SMU’s faculty, he also designed 和 taught a seminar course on the economic analysis of law in the Department of 经济学 at Harvard University. He received numerous awards for distinction in teaching for the course.

Professor Bavli received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law 和 his Ph.D. in Statistics in Law 和 Government from Harvard University. 他还持有法学学士学位.M. from Harvard Law School, an A.M. in Statistics from Harvard University, a B.A. in 经济学 from Boston University. He completed a Fulbright Fellowship, 学习博弈论, 在耶路撒冷, 以色列, as well as short-term clerkships at the Supreme Court of India 和 the Supreme Court of Rw和a. He also held a fellowship at the Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science 和 a visiting fellowship at the 耶鲁大学法学院 School Center for Private Law.