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Jeffrey Standen

Jeffrey Standen

Associate Dean; Van Winkle Melton Professor of Law

  • J.D. University of Virginia
  • A.B. Georgetown University, cum laude

Curriculum Vitae

Jeffrey Standen was graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was an editor of the Virginia Law Review and articles editor of the Virginia Tax Review. After graduation, Standen clerked for Judge Robert Chapman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. From 1986-90, he practiced with the the Litigation and Bankruptcy Practice Group of Hunton & Williams. From 1990-91, Standen served as Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Sentencing Commission. He joined the Willamette law faculty in 1991.

Professor Standen teaches Sports Law, Gaming Law, Evidence and Remedies. He has been a visiting professor at the University of San Diego and a scholar in residence at the University of Virginia. He serves as international advisor to the Philippines Court of the Sandiganbayan, the tribunal that adjudicates public corruption cases. Professor Standen is a member of the state bars of Virginia and Oregon. He is a graduate of Georgetown University, where he earned an A.B. in Political Philosophy.


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Books and Chapters

  • Taking Sports Seriously: Law and Sports in Contemporary American Culture (Carolina Academic Press 2009).
  • Commentaries on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, United States Code Service (2004, Lexis Publishing)

Articles

  • Peer Effects in Affirmative Action: Evidence from Law Student Performance (with J. Mark Ramseyer and John R. Lott, Jr., Journal of Economic Literature 2007).
  • The Beauty of Bets: Wagers as Compensation for Professional Athletes, Willamette Law Review (forthcoming 2006; symposium)
  • The New Importance of Maximum Penalties, 53 Drake Law Review 575 (2005) (symposium)
  • The Politics of Miranda, 12 Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy 555 (2003)
  • The Production of Pro Bono, 12 Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy 631 (2003)
  • The End of the Era of Sentencing Guidelines: Apprendi v. New Jersey, 87 Iowa Law Review 775 (2002)
  • In Memory of Robert L. Misner, 37 Willamette Law Review No. 1 (Winter 2001)
  • The Exclusionary Rule and Damages: An Economic Comparison of Private Remedies for Unconstitutional Police Conduct, 2000 Brigham Young University Law Review 1443 (reprinted in 28 Search and Seizure Law Report No. 3 (April 2001)
  • Private Remedies for Public Purposes, 36 Willamette Law Review 927 (2000)
  • An Economic Perspective on Federal Criminal Law Reform, 2 Buff. Crim. L. Rev. 249 (1998)
  • In Pari Delicto, The Social Critic (Spring 1996)
  • The Fallacy of Full Compensation, 73 Washington University Law Quarterly 145 (1995)
  • Plea Bargaining in the Shadow of the Guidelines, 81 California Law Review 1471 (1993); reprinted in Criminal Law Review (James G. Carr, ed., 1995)
  • Teaching Law to Obedient Students, Willamette Lawyer, Fall 1993
  • Critical Legal Studies as an Anti-Positivist Phenomenon, 72 Virginia Law Review 983 (1986)

Editorials and Internet Materials

  • College Athletes Get Paid (Parts I, II, and III), The Sports Law Blog (guest contributor) (May 2006)
  • Up A Tree Without a Nine-Iron, Legal Times (January 19, 2004)
  • A Good Bet?, Legal Times (December 1, 2003)
  • Can You Hear Them Now?, Legal Times (October 13, 2003)
  • Why Can't Michael Play?, Legal Times (February 14, 2000)
  • Don't Play Pro Se, Legal Times (August 8, 1999)
  • Car Conundrums: Supreme Court Steers Twisting Route Through Fourth Amendment Law, Legal Times ( June 7, 1999)