BERT I. HUANG
435 West 116th Street New York, NY 10027 [email protected]
EMPLOYMENT
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL Vice Dean for Intellectual Life, 2018-present Michael I. Sovern Professor of Law, 2018-present Reese Prize for Excellence in Teaching Columbia University Presidential Teaching Award Provost Leadership Fellow Professor of Law, 2014-2018 Associate Professor of Law, 2009-2014
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL Visiting Professor, 2014
HON. DAVID H. SOUTER, Supreme Court of the United States Law Clerk, 2007-2008
HON. MICHAEL BOUDIN, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Law Clerk, 2004-2005
THE WHITE HOUSE, Council of Economic Advisers Staff Economist, 1998-1999
EDUCATION
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, J.D., magna cum laude, 2003 President, Harvard Law Review
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, A.M., 2006, Ph.D. in Economics, 2011 Advisers: Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
OXFORD UNIVERSITY, Marshall Scholar, 1996-1998
HARVARD COLLEGE, A.B. in Economics, summa cum laude, 1996 RESEARCH
Law, Norms, and Beliefs
Law’s Halo and the Moral Machine, 119 COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW 1811 (2019)
Law and Moral Dilemmas, 130 HARVARD LAW REVIEW 659 (2016)
Shallow Signals, 126 HARVARD LAW REVIEW 2227 (2013)
Remedies
Coordinating Injunctions, 99 TEXAS LAW REVIEW (forthcoming)
The Equipoise Effect, 117 COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW 1595 (2016)
Surprisingly Punitive Damages, 100 VIRGINIA LAW REVIEW 1027 (2014)
Concurrent Damages, 100 VIRGINIA LAW REVIEW 711 (2014)
Courts
Judicial Credibility, 61 WILLIAM & MARY LAW REVIEW 1053 (2020)
Judicial Priorities, 163 U. PENN. LAW REVIEW 1719 (2015) (with Tejas Narechania)
Trial by Preview, 113 COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW 1323 (2013)
Lightened Scrutiny, 124 HARVARD LAW REVIEW 1109 (2011)
Other Writing
Law as Persuasion, in LEGAL APPLICATIONS OF MARKETING THEORY (Jacob Gersen & Joel Steckel, eds., forthcoming)
Litigation Finance: What Do Judges Need to Know?, 45 COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS 525 (2012)
Note, The “Inexorable Zero”, 117 HARVARD LAW REVIEW 1215 (2004)
Book Note, Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Law, 115 HARVARD LAW REVIEW 1525 (2002)
TEACHING
Torts (2013, 2014, 2015, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020)
Civil Procedure (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Remedies (2011, 2012, 2016)
Courts and the Legal Process (2010, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020)
PRESENTATIONS
Invited Papers
University of Michigan, Law and Economics Workshop, February 2020
University of Texas, Remedies Conference, January 2020
Duke University, Judicial Administration, December 2019
Harvard Law School, Law and Marketing Conference, May 2019
William & Mary Law Review Symposium, February 2019
University of California, Berkeley, Public Law Workshop, April 2018
University of Virginia, Law and Economics Workshop, April 2018
University of Chicago, Law and Economics Workshop, May 2017
NYU, Constitutional Theory Workshop, November 2016
University of Chicago, Judicial Behavior Workshop, May 2015
Cardozo Law School, Faculty Workshop, February 2015
Harvard Law School, Faculty Workshop, September 2014
American Law and Economics Association, Annual Meeting, May 2014
Harvard Law School, Law and Economics Workshop, April 2014
Stanford Law School, Faculty Workshop, January 2014
University of Toronto, Law and Economics Workshop, January 2014
UCLA, Law and Economics Workshop, October 2013
University of California, Berkeley, Faculty Workshop, April 2013
University of Connecticut, Faculty Workshop, April 2013
University of Texas, Law and Economics Workshop, November 2012
University of Minnesota, Public Law Workshop, November 2012
University of Houston, Faculty Workshop, March 2012
University of Michigan, Law and Economics Workshop, November 2011
University of Virginia, Law and Economics Workshop, September 2011
New York Junior Faculty Colloquium, December 2010
Yale Law School, Law, Economics and Organizations Workshop, October 2010
University of Chicago, Legal Theory and Public Law Workshop, October 2009
Georgetown Law Center, Law and Economics Workshop, October 2009
American Law and Economics Association, Annual Meeting, May 2009
Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, September 2008
National Bureau of Economic Research, Law and Economics Workshop, July 2007
Vanderbilt University, Law and Human Behavior Workshop, April 2007
Judicial Audience
Council of Grand Justices of Taiwan (constitutional high court) Address on “Certiorari and Caseload in the U.S. Supreme Court” At the invitation of Vice-President Su, December 2010
Supreme Federal Court of Brazil (constitutional high court) Address on “Certiorari and Caseload in the U.S. Supreme Court” At the invitation of Chief Justice Peluso, November 2010 International
Australian Law & Economics Conference, keynote, December 2017
University of Rome, La Sapienza, lecture series, March 2017
International Perspectives on Public Law, London, discussant, October 2013
Academia Sinica, faculty lecture, July 2011
National Taiwan University, faculty lecture, December 2010
Other Presentations
Columbia Law APALSA Conference, panel, February 2020
Remedies Roundtable, discussant, June 2019
Common Law in the Age of A.I., symposium co-organizer, April 2019
Columbia Law Women’s Association, panel, April 2019
Clifford Chance Thought Leadership Initiative, presentation, June 2018
Columbia Society for Law and Ethics, presentation, April 2018
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, guest lecture, April 2018
Experimental Methods in Legal Studies, discussant, March 2018
Comparative Constitutional Law, UNSW, discussant, December 2017
Herbert Smith Freehills, Sydney, guest lecture, December 2017
“The Domain of Torts,” Columbia Law School, discussant, September 2017
Faculty Workshop, Columbia Law School, presentation, February 2017
University of Amsterdam, Columbia Summer Program, lectures, July 2017
Alumni Reunion, Columbia Law School, panel, June 2016
Board of Visitors, Columbia Law School, panel, May 2015
Comparative Approaches to Regulation, Columbia/FGV, discussant, April 2015
Junior Faculty Workshop, Columbia Law School, presentation, July 2014
Faculty Workshop, Columbia Law School, presentation, November 2013
Junior Faculty Workshop, Columbia Law School, presentation, July 2013
“Judging Without Trials,” Columbia Law School, moderator, June 2013
Washington D.C. Program, Columbia Law School, presentation, April 2013
NBER Law and Economics Meeting, discussant, March 2013
Faculty Workshop, Columbia Law School, presentation, December 2012
Junior Faculty Workshop, Columbia Law School, presentation, July 2012
China Law Conference, Columbia Law School, discussant, May 2012
“Publicizing Our Courts” panel, Columbia Law School, April 2012
“Legal Academia,” Harvard APALSA, panel, February 2012
“Government and Judiciary,” Columbia APALSA, panel, January 2012
Faculty Workshop, Columbia Law School, presentation, October 2011
Junior Faculty Workshop, Columbia Law School, presentation, August 2011
“Democratization of Mass Litigation,” Columbia Law School, panel, June 2011
International Empirical Legal Studies Conference, discussant, June 2011
Faculty Workshop, Columbia Law School, presentation, April 2011
Supreme Court moot for Pliva v. Mensing, Columbia Law School, March 2011
Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, discussant, November 2010
Chief Justice Cezar Peluso, Columbia Law School, discussant, November 2010
“The Impact of Twombly and Iqbal,” Columbia Law School, panel, March 2010 SERVICE
Workshops
Lawyers, Community, & Impact Series, co-organizer (2018-2019, 2019-2020)
Courts and the Legal Process Workshop, organizer (2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011- 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020)
Junior Faculty Workshop, organizer (Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013)
Law and Economics Workshop, organizer (Fall 2009, Fall 2010)
Committees
Admissions and Financial Aid (2012-2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2015, 2015-2016)
Advisory (2018-2019, 2019-2020)
Appointments, Entry-Level (2015-2016)
Appointments, Laterals (2018-2019, 2019-2020)
Associates (2018-2019, 2019-2020)
Careers in Law Teaching (co-chair, Spring 2017)
Clerkships and Judicial Relations (co-chair, 2009-2010, Fall 2013, Spring 2015, 2017-2018; member, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2018-2019)
Emergency Response Team (Spring 2020)
Government Service (Spring 2017)
Intellectual Life (2012-2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2015; 2018-2019, 2019-2020)
Mentorship (chair, 2018-2019, 2019-2020)
Student Affairs (Spring 2017)
Task Force on Student Life (Spring 2015, 2015-2016)
University President’s Committee on Decanal Reappointment (2019-2020) Mentoring
1L Orientation Program (Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2018, Fall 2019)
Admitted Students Program (Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020)
Faculty-Student Mentoring Program (2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, Spring 2017, 2018-2019)
Hamilton Fellowship Mentor (2018-2019, 2019-2020)
REFEREE
American Law and Economics Association Meeting American Law and Economics Review Conference on Empirical Legal Studies International Review of Law and Economics Journal of Legal Analysis Journal of Legal Studies Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization Law and Society Review Quarterly Journal of Economics
FELLOWSHIPS
Columbia Law School, Provost Leadership Fellow, 2019-present Columbia Law School, Academic Fellow, 2008-2009 Harvard University, Project on Justice, Welfare, and Economics, 2006-2007 Harvard Law School, Considine Fellowship, 2006-2007 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship, 2002-2004 Harvard University, Inequality and Social Policy (NSF funded), 2001-2004 Harvard Law School, Olin Fellowship, 1999-2004, 2005-2006 Marshall Scholarship, 1996-1998