Willamette University

College of Law — Faculty

Acclaimed Legal Educators

Paul A. Diller

Paul A. Diller

Associate Professor of Law

  • J.D. University of Michigan, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
  • B.S., B.A.S. University of Pennsylvania, magna cum laude

Curriculum Vitae

Paul Diller is an associate professor of law at Willamette University, where he has taught since 2005. Diller’s scholarly publications have focused on the fields of local government and national security law, often analyzing the relationship between the legislative process and constitutional doctrine.

In recent years, Diller has consulted with a nonprofit public health organization regarding local authority to enact obesity prevention strategies. His current scholarly project focuses on increasing access to nutritious food for underserved communities.

Since 2005, Professor Diller has taught, among other courses, Property, State and Local Government, a National Security Law seminar, State Constitutional Law, and Civil Procedure. He was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan Law School in 2008.

Diller graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 2001, where he was an articles editor of the Michigan Law Review and a winner of the Henry M. Campbell Moot Court Competition. Diller received his undergraduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. In 2001–02, Diller served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Edward R. Becker of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia. Following his clerkship, Diller was a trial attorney in Washington, D.C., for the Federal Programs Branch of the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Diller is a member of the United States Supreme Court, New York and New Jersey bars.

 

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Publications

  • "The City and the Private Right of Action," 64 Stan. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2012).
  • "Regulating Food Retail for Obesity Prevention: How Far Can Cities Go?" (with Samantha Graff), 39 J.L. Med. & Ethics (Supp.) 89-93 (2011).
  • "Habeas and (Non-)Delegation," 77 U. Chi. L. Rev. 585-655 (2010).
  • "Do Markets Work Better than Legal Restraints? A Response to Clayton Gillette's 'Fiscal Home Rule'," 86 Denv. U.L. Rev. 1263-69 (2009) (symposium).
  • "The Partly Fulfilled Promise of Home Rule in Oregon," 87 Or. L. Rev. 939-78 (2009) (symposium).
  • "When Congress Passes an Intentionally Unconstitutional Law: The Military Commissions Act of 2006," 61 SMU L. Rev. 281-335 (2008).
  • "Intrastate Preemption," 87 B.U. L. Rev. 1113-76 (2007).
  • Note, "Integration Without Classification: Moving Toward Race-Neutrality in the Pursuit of Public Elementary and Secondary School Diversity," 99 Mich. L. Rev. 1999-2061 (2001) (winner of a 2002 Burton Award for excellence in legal writing).

Other Writings

  • "Voters' Choices Affect Supreme Court Cases," Op-ed, Statesman Journal (Salem, Ore.), Feb. 3, 2010.
  • "Many People Don't Grasp Meaning of Court Ruling," Op-ed, Statesman Journal, July 2, 2008.
  • "Attorneys General Had Contrasting Tenures," Op-ed, Statesman Journal, Sept. 2, 2007.