Paul Wangerin graduated from The John Marshall Law School in 1978, after attending as an evening student. He then served as law clerk to the Honorable Howard Ryan of the Illinois Supreme Court and as an associate attorney at Winston & Strawn, Chicago's oldest law firm and one of its largest.
Professor Wangerin publishes and speaks at conferences on both substantive law and professional education issues. His articles have appeared in the Stanford Agora Electronic Law Review (2002) and the Journal of Legal Education (2001, 2003).
Professor Wangerin joined the faculty in 1982. He teaches Contracts II, Remedies, and Payment Systems Law. He was voted "Favorite Teacher" by the Class of 2002 and the Class of 2003.
Stupidity or Principle?? The Factual Context of Jacob & Youngs v. Kent (In Progress) This work will reveal many hitherto unknown factual details about the historical context of Judge Cardoza's infamous "mixed-up pipes" case. The work will also include the first pictures ever published of the major protagonists in this case and of the infamous house itself. The paper will suggest that the litigants were NOT motivated by stupidity, as has been so long thought. Rather, the paper will argue that one side of the dispute surely, and perhaps both sides, were actually motivated by high principle.
"Market Failures in Training for Hispanic Workers in the Tree Care and Landscape Industries." Susan Harwood Training Grants, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, July, 2003. Submitted on Behalf of the Hispanic Flora Workers Training Association, A Not for Profit Entity.
Technology in the Service of Tradition: Electronically-Delivered Lectures and Live-Class Teaching in the Law Schools, ____ Journal of Legal Education _____ (2003)
An Audio Lecture on Audio Lectures, Stanford Agora Electronic Law Reivew (2002) http://lawschool.stanford.edu/agora/volume2/index.shtml
Calculating and Re-Calculating Law School "Rank in Class" Numbers: The Impact of Grading Differences Among University Teachers, Journal of Legal Education (2001)
Restrictions on Non-Custodial Child Visitation: Informal Judicial Reasoning in the Cook County Family Courts, 24 Illinois Family Law Report 82 (May, 2001)
A Standardized Set of Informal Custody / Visitation Interrogatories for Illinois Family Law Cases, 23 Illinois Family Law Report 174 (April, 2000)
Action Research in Legal Education. 33 Willamette L.Rev. 383 (1997).
The Problem of Parochialism in Legal Education. 5 Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal 441 (1997).
The Strategic Value of Restitutionary Remedies. 75 Nebraska L.Rev. 255 (1996)
Review Essay: A Little Assistance Regarding Academic Assistance Programs: A Report from the Minority Affairs Committee of the Law School Admission Council. 21 Journal of Contemporary Law 169 (1995)
Grade Conferences From Hell: "Measurement Error" in Law School Grading. The Science and Art of Teaching: Proceedings of the First Conference on Teaching and Learning in Law School; Gonzaga University School of Law. (1994). ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 403 863. Reprinted in Chitty's Law Journal, Vol. 46, Parts 4, 5, and 6 (1998).
Parochialism in Professional Education. 15(2) Professions Education Researcher Quarterly ("PERQ")10 (January, 1994).
Teaching and Learning in Law School: An "Alternative Bookshelf" for Law School Teachers. Gonzaga L. Rev. (Special Edition: 1994) (Symposium on Legal Education).
Restitution for Intangible Gains. 54 Louisianna L. Rev. 339 (1993).
The Political and Economic Roots of the "Adversary System" of Justice and "Alternative Dispute Resolution." 9 Ohio State Journal of Dispute Resolution 203 (1993).
Four Problems in Professional Ethics. 2 (Numbers 3 & 4) Journal of Business and Professional Ethics 150 (1993).
The Evaluation of Teaching in Law Schools. 11 Journal of Professional Legal Education 87 (1993).
Alternative Grading Systems for Large Section Law School Classes. 6 Journal of Law and Public Policy 53 (1993).
A Multidisciplinary Analysis of the Structure of Persuasive Arguments. 16 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 195 (1993)
Part-Time Higher Education and Related Issues: An Annotated Bibliography for Legal Educators. Proceedings of the 1993 American Bar Association Conference on Part Time Legal Education. ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 351 942.
The Wisdom of Solomon? Reliance, Unconscionability and Excuse in the Law of Contracts. 5 Journal of Contract Law 241 (1992).
Interdisciplinary Discussions of Professional Ways of Knowing: Some Preliminary Thoughts. Proceedings of the 1991 Conference on Professional Ways of Knowing and Implications for Continuing Professional Education. Commission for Continuing Professional Education / American Association of Adult and Continuing Education (1991). ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 339 848.
Damages for "Relying Promisees" in Contract and Tort. 5 Commercial Damages Reporter 69 (1990).
Role Differentiation Problems in Professional Ethics: The Competitive and Cooperative Models for Societal Institutions. 9 Business and Professional Ethics Journal 171 (1990).
Law School Academic Support Programs. 40 Hastings Law Journal 771 (1989). ERIC Document Reproduction No. ED 345 669.
Learning Strategies for Law Students. 52 Albany Law Review 471 (1988). ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 345 666.
Objective, Multiplistic and Relative Truth in Developmental Psychology and Legal Education. 62 Tulane Law Review 1237 (1988). (This paper, though now somewhat dated, is being used as a "reading assignment" by the Carnegie Foundation in connection with its ongoing project on the improvement of law school classroom teaching.)
Damages For Reliance Across the Spectrum of Law: Of Blind Men and Legal Elephants. 72 Iowa Law Review 47 (1986).
Skills Training in "Legal Analysis": A Systematic Approach. 40 University of Miami Law Review 409 (1986). ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 345 668.
A Beginner's Guide to Business Related Aspects of United States Immigration Law. 5 Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business 844 (1984).
Plain Error" and "Fundamental Fairness": Toward a Definition of Exceptions to the Rules of Procedural Default, 29 DePaul L. Rev. 753 (1980).
Actions and Remedies Against Governmental Units and Public Officers for Nonfeasance. 11 Loyola University (Chicago) Law Journal 101 (1979).
The Time of Discovery Rule and the Qualified Privilege Defense for Credit Reporting Agencies in Illinois After World of Fashion v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. 10 John Marshall Journal of Practice and Procedure 351 (1977).
