John M. Adler
Professor
Biographical Note
While a staff attorney with the American Indian Lawyer Training Program, Professor Adler co-authored Indian Self-Determination and the Role of Tribal Courts. Prior to joining the faculty at USF, Adler consulted with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the legal staff of the governor of New Mexico. He also practiced law with the San Francisco firm of Morrison and Foerster.
Education
AB, Harvard University,
JD, University of New Mexico
Scholarship
Publications
"Relying Upon the Reasonableness of Strangers: Some Observations About the Current State of Common Law Affirmative Duties to Aid or Protect Others," 1991 Wisconsin Law Review 867 (1991).
Indian Self-Determination and the Role of Tribal Courts, co-authored.
Presentations and Lectures
Presenter, USF School of Law Constitution Day, discussed the U.S. Supreme Court selection process and Justice Sonia Sotomayor, San Francisco, California (September 17, 2009) (with Professors Maria Ontiveros and Julie Nice).
Panelist, "The Future of the Supreme Court," University of San Francisco School of Law (October 2008).
Panelist, Constitution Day Session on the Supreme Court (video recording) (September 26, 2005).
50 Years After Brown v. Board of Education Lectures (video recording)
Faculty Service
Member, Redwoods' Board of Directors
Consultant, Redwoods (Adler consults on ethical issues that arise involving residents).
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