General

Dane S. Ciolino, Alvin R. Christovich Distinguished Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Loyola University New Orleans. For a current copy of the curriculum vitae of Dane S. Ciolino in PDF format, click here: Ciolino Curriculum Vitae.

I can be reached the following ways:

• Email: dciolino@gmail.com

• Phone: (504) 834-8519

• Cell: (504) 975-3263

• Text Messaging: (504) 975-3263

• Fax: (504) 324-0143

• Mailing Address: P.O. Box 850848, New Orleans, LA 70185-0848

• Physical Address: Loyola Law School, 526 Pine Street, Rm. 420, New Orleans, LA 70118

• Web Site: http://www.loyno.edu/~dciolino/

Education

Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana
J.D., magna cum laude, 1988
Editor in Chief, Tulane Law Review, Volume 62
Order of the Coif

Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
B.A., cum laude, 1985
President, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity

Employment

Loyola Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana
Alvin R. Christovich Distinguished Professor of Law, 2002-present
Professor of Law, 2002
Associate Professor of Law, 1998-2002 (Tenured 2001)
Assistant Professor of Law, 1997-1998
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, 1995-1997
Adjunct Instructor of Law, 1992-1995

Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana
Visiting Professor of Law, 2002
Visiting Professor of Law, 2005

Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana
Associate, 1991-1995
Areas of Practice: Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Family Law, Criminal Law

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP, New York, New York
Associate, 1989-1991
Areas of Practice: Commercial and Corporate Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Antitrust Litigation

United States District Court, New Orleans, Louisiana
Law Clerk to Honorable Peter H. Beer, 1988-89

Publications

Dane S. Ciolino, Lawyer Ethics Reform in Perspective: A Look at the Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct Before and After Ethics 2000, 65 La. L. Rev. 536 (2005)

Louisiana Professional Responsibility Law and Practice (Dane S. Ciolino 2007)

Dane S. Ciolino, Redefining Professionalism as Seeking, 49 Loy. L. Rev. 229 (2003).

Dane S. Ciolino & Erin A. Donelon, Questioning Strict Liability in Copyright, 54 Rutgers L. Rev. 351 (2002)

Dane S. Ciolino, Why Copyrights are Community Property (Sort Of): A Look Through the Looking Glass of Rodrigue v. Rodrigue, 47 Loy. L. Rev. 631 (2001)

Dane S. Ciolino, Why Copyrights Are Not Community Property, 60 La. L. Rev. 127 (1999)

Dane S. Ciolino, Reconsidering Restitution in Copyright, 48 Emory L.J. 1 (1999)

Dane S. Ciolino, Rethinking the Compatibility of Moral Rights and Fair Use, 54 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 33 (1997)

Dane S. Ciolino, The Mental Element of Louisiana Crimes: It Doesn't Matter What You Think, 70 Tul. L. Rev. 855 (1996)

Dane S. Ciolino, Moral Rights and Real Obligations: A Property-Law Framework for the Protection of Authors' Moral Rights, 69 Tul. L. Rev. 935 (1995)

Dane S. Ciolino & Gary R. Roberts, The Missing Direct-Tender Option in Federal Third-Party Practice: A Procedural and Jurisdictional Analysis, 68 N.C.L. Rev. 423 (1990)

Dane S. Ciolino, Casenote, Lafleur v. John Deere Co.: Recovery of Nonpecuniary Damages in Redhibitory Actions, 61 Tul. L. Rev. 704 (1987)

Teaching

Law School Courses

Primary Courses: The Legal Profession, Criminal Law and Contracts

Other Courses: Business Organizations; Computer Law; Criminal Law; Criminal Law Seminar; Criminal Law Clinic; Civil Law of Persons; Civil Law of Community Property; Civil Law of Property; International Copyright Law; Legal Ethics Seminar; Law & Poverty

Bar Review Courses

Instructor, BAR/BRI Louisiana Bar Review Course (Louisiana criminal law, criminal procedure and evidence), 1995-present

Instructor, Louisiana State University Law Center Bar Review Course (Louisiana family law), 1999-2002

Community Service

Legal Analyst, various media including MSNBC, NPR, WWL-TV, WWL-870 radio, Times-Picayune newspaper

Member, Louisiana State Bar Association Board of Governors, 2007-present

Member, Orleans Parish Indigent Defender Board, 2006-2007

Reporter, Louisiana State Bar Association, Ethics 2000 Committee, 1999-2004

Reporter, Louisiana State Law Institute Emancipation Committee, 2004-present

Reporter, Louisiana State Law Institute Tutorship Procedure Committee, 2000-present

Member, Louisiana State Law Institute Criminal Code Committee, 2006-present

Member, American Law Institute, 2003-present

Board Member, Louisiana Organization for Judicial Excellence, 2004-present

Louisiana Supreme Court Bar Admissions Advisory Committee

• Member, 1997-2001
• Chairperson, 2000-2001

Member, Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on the Prevention of Lawyer Misconduct, 1999-present

Reporter, Louisiana Law Institute Revision of Book I, Title IX, Louisiana Civil Code (interdiction title), 1996-2002

Louisiana State Bar Association, Ethics Advisory Service Committee

• Member, 2000-2004
• Reporter, 1997-2000

Council Member, Louisiana Law Institute, 1997-2000

Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board

• Hearing Committee Chairperson, 1999-2003
• Hearing Committee Member, 1998-1999

Member, Louisiana State Bar Association Lawyer and Judicial Conduct Committee, 1998-present

Member, Louisiana State Bar Association Professionalism Committee, 1997-present

Instructor, Louisiana State Bar Association Diversionary Ethics School, 1999-present

Director, Pro Bono Criminal Law for Civil Lawyers (two-day CLE seminar training civil lawyers to undertake pro bono criminal cases), 1995-present

Advisory Editor, Tulane Law Review, 1993-present

Member, Board of Directors, Louisiana Crisis Assistance Center (public-interest organization defending capital cases for indigent clients), 1996-present

Appointed Counsel, Orleans Parish Criminal District Court (pro bono representation of indigent defendants in first- and second-degree murder prosecutions), 1991-present.

Member, Federal Criminal Justice Act Panel, Eastern District of Louisiana (panel of attorneys accepting appointments to represent indigent defendants in federal prosecutions), 1991-present.

President, Oakridge Park Improvement Association, 1999-2001

Member, Board of Directors, Tulane Shakespeare Festival, 2001-2003

Loyola University and Loyola Law School Service

Chair, Law Clinic Committee, 2006-2007

Chair, Ad Hoc Clinic Faculty Unification Committee, 2004

Chair, Dean Search Committee, 2001-2002

Chair, Library Director Search Committee, 2000-2001

Faculty Advisor, Loyola Law Review, 1997-2003

Faculty Advisor, Loyola Intellectual Property Law Quarterly, 1996-2003

Faculty Advisor, Order of the Barristers, 1999-2003

Faculty Advisor, Loyola ATLA Chapter, 1997-2003

Law School Representative, Loyola University Senate, 1997-1999

Bar Admissions

United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Manhattan)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (New Orleans)
Untied States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (Shreveport)
State of Louisiana
State of New York

Other

Age 43

Married to Wendy Dehan Ciolino

Three Children: Hale (15), Price (13) & Camille (9)

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