Associate Professor. Professor Swedloff earned his B.A. in 1994 from Haverford College
and his J.D. in 2000 from the University
of Pennsylvania, where he
was an articles editor of the Journal of
Constitutional Law and a finalist in the Keedy Cup Moot Court competition.
Following graduation from law school, he served as a clerk to Judge Roderick R.
McKelvie of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware and Judge
Walter K. Stapleton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Before
joining the law school faculty in 2008, Professor Swedloff practiced as a
litigation associate with Dechert LLP, where he specialized in complex
commercial, tort, and insurance cases. He also served as a Freedman Fellow at Temple University Law School.
Professor Swedloff's research interests lie at the intersection of tort law,
civil procedure, and remedies. He is particularly interested in the role that
insurance plays in the litigation system and the policy implications of the
burgeoning empirical literature on happiness. Professor Swedloff's recent publications
include "Tort Damages and the New Science of Happiness" (Indiana Law Journal
with Peter Huang), "Accounting for Happiness in Civil Settlements" (Columbia
Law Review Sidebar), and "Can't Settle, Can't Sue: How Congress Stole Tort Remedies From
Medicare Beneficiaries" (Akron Law Review).
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