Rebecca S. Eisenberg | |
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Academic background | |
Education | Stanford University (BA) University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (JD) |
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Institutions | University of Michigan Law School |
Rebecca Sue Eisenberg is an American lawyer and professor. She is a Robert and Barbara Luciano Professor at the University of Michigan Law School.
Eisenberg graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University and received a J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law where she also served as an editor of the California Law Review .
Eisenberg began her law career as a clerk for Judge Robert F. Peckham at the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Eisenberg practiced law in San Francisco,California. [1]
In 1984,Eisenberg joined the faculty at the University of Michigan Law School,where she was subsequently named a Robert and Barbara Luciano Professor. [2] She was one of the first female faculty in Michigan's law school,with Sallyanne Payton and Christina Whitman being hired eight years before her. [3] In 1993,Eisenberg published a journal article titled "The Scholar as Advocate." [4] Her research is focused primarily on patent law and biomedical law. [5] According to Web of Science on 2023-06-15 she has 31 indexed publications and a Hirsch index of 16.
During the 1999–2000 academic year,Eisenberg was a visiting professor of law,science,and technology at Stanford Law School. [6]
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