Professor of Law
Paul F. Kirgis began teaching at St. John's University
School of Law in 1998. His primary field of interest is
Dispute Resolution. He is Faculty Chair of the Hugh
L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution, which he founded
pursuant to a gift from former New York Governor and St. John's
Alumnus
Hugh L. Carey.
Professor Kirgis teaches Negotiation, Alternative Dispute
Resolution, and Evidence. His scholarship focuses
on dispute resolution both within and outside of the traditional
civil litigation paradigm. He has published widely on topics
ranging from the civil jury to arbitration to negotiation pedagogy.
His articles have appeared in the Negotiation Journal, the Oregon
Law Review, William & Mary Law Review,
Ohio State Law Review, Georgia
Law Review, and the peer-reviewed International Journal of
Evidence & Proof, among others.
A member of the American Law Institute, Professor Kirgis also
serves on the Executive Committee of the AALS Section on Dispute
Resolution. He is a regular contributor to Indisputably, the ADR Prof
Blog.
Professor Kirgis received his J.D., magna cum laude, from
Washington & Lee University School of Law, where he served as
Editor-in-Chief of the Washington & Lee Law Review and was
elected to the Order of the Coif. He received his B.A. from Colgate
University. Prior to coming to St. John's, Professor Kirgis
practiced with two major law firms in Washington, D.C., where he
had extensive litigation experience in areas including defamation,
insurance coverage, commercial disputes, antitrust, government
contracts, and tax.
Professor Kirgis was named the 2001-02 School of Law Professor
of the Year. He was a Visiting Professor at William &
Mary School of Law in the fall of 2004.