Dennis D. Hirsch
Dennis D. Hirsch
Geraldine W. Howell Professor of Law
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Ph: 614-236-6685 | Fx: 614-236-6956 | Room: 608 | dhirsch@law.capital.edu
A scholar of both information privacy law and environmental law, Professor Dennis Hirsch is a recipient of a prestigious Fulbright Senior Professorship Grant for research and teaching in The Netherlands in 2010. He will lecture on comparative information privacy law at The University of Amsterdam’s Institute for Information Law and will conduct research on innovative Dutch approaches to information privacy regulation. Professor Hirsch teaches environmental law, information privacy law, property law and appellate litigation and directs Capital’s concentration program in environmental law. His articles have appeared in the Illinois Law Review, Georgia Law Review, Indiana Law Journal and numerous other legal journals. He is the author of a prize-winning textbook on environmental law practice, which has been adopted by more than 50 law schools, and he is a frequent contributor to newspaper op-ed pages. Professor Hirsch serves as counsel to the law firm of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur and he has been a visiting professor at Notre Dame and Drake University law schools. He formerly served as Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Development. He is currently serving as vice chair of the ABA’s Environmental Committee on Innovation, Management Systems and Trading, has previously served as chair to that committee and he co-founded the Central Ohio Sustainability Roundtable.
Career Highlights
- Fulbright Senior Professorship for Research and Teaching in the Netherlands
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- Named Geraldine W. Howell Professor of Law (2009)
- Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Development
- Awards: Central Ohio Emerald Award for environmental leadership (2006); CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution award for book on environmental law practice (2003); Simpson Prize for the best scholarly work at Capital Law School (2001)
- Vice Chair, ABA Environmental Committee on Innovation, Management Systems and Trading
- Counsel to the firm Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
- Law clerk, Hon. John M. Walker, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Articles Editor, Yale Law Journal
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Courses
- Environmental Law
- Information Privacy Law
- Property Law
- Appellate Litigation
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Education
- J.D., Yale Law School
- B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Columbia University
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