Internal Advisory Committee

David F. Partlett

David Partlett is Dean and Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law at the Emory University School of Law. Before coming to Emory, Dean Partlett spent six years at Washington and Lee University School of Law, where he held the positions of vice president, dean, and professor of law. Between 1987 and 2000, he held numerous faculty and leadership positions at Vanderbilt University School of Law, including acting dean and senior fellow in the School’s Institute for Public Policy Studies.

A native of Australia, Dean Partlett served as a senior legal officer for the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department in Canberra, Australia, where he was responsible for policy advice on the Racial Discrimination Act and other related human rights legislation. He then served as a principal law reform officer for the Australian Law Reform Commission before joining the faculty of the Australian National University in 1978. He was a member of the faculty there until 1987 and served as associate dean from 1982-1985.

Dean Partlett is a member of the American Law Institute, the International Initiatives Committee of the American Bar Association, the American Society of Law and Medicine, and the Selden Society. He has taught courses on torts, judicial remedies and professional liability, as well as authored books on torts, defamation and free speech, child mental health, and medical malpractice.

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