Biography
Tracey George brings a social science perspective to a range of topics, including judges and courts, judicial selection and elections, legal education and the legal profession, and contract law and theory. She has published numerous studies in which she examines how institutional design influences actions and outcomes in state and federal judicial systems. She is also a recognized expert on the study of legal education. She and UCLA Law Professor Russell Korobkin have published an innovative casebook on contract law, a subject for which she has earned Vanderbilt's student-selected Hall-Hartman Award for Outstanding Teaching eight times.
Before joining the Vanderbilt Law faculty in 2004, George was a Professor of Law at Northwestern University Law School, where she was also faculty associate at the Institute for Policy Research. She was appointed to the Charles B. Cox III and Lucy D. Cox Family Chair in Law and Liberty in fall 2013. She currently serves as University Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professional Education, overseeing faculty hiring and retention, appointments and promotions, awards and honors, and development and support.
Programs
Education
J.D., Stanford Law School
M.A., (Political Science) Washington University in St. Louis
B.A. and B.S., Southern Methodist University
Related Resources
Publications
To Preserve, Release, and Litigate: Dimensions of Executive Branch Transparency
"To Preserve, Release, and Litigate: Dimensions of Executive Branch Transparency," Presidential Studies Quarterly (forthcoming 2023) (with Gbemende E. Johnson)
FULL TEXT: SSRNSome Are More Equal Than Others: U.S. Supreme Court Clerkships
"Some Are More Equal Than Others: U.S. Supreme Court Clerkships," Columbia Law Review Online (forthcoming 2023) (with G. Mitu Gulati and Albert H. Yoon)
FULL TEXT: SSRNThe Visible Trial: Judicial Assessment as Adjudication
"The Visible Trial: Judicial Assessment as Adjudication," Colorado Law Review (2023) (with Albert H. Yoon)
FULL TEXT: SSRNGender, Credentials, and M&A
"Gender, Credentials, and M&A," BYU Law Review (2023) (with G. Mitu Gulati and Albert H. Yoon)
FULL TEXT: SSRNThe Emerging Authority of Magistrate Judges within U.S. District Courts
"The Emerging Authority of Magistrate Judges within U.S. District Courts," 10 Journal of Law and Courts 37 (2022) (with Christina L. Boyd and Albert H. Yoon)
FULL TEXT: | WWWK: A Common Law Approach to Contract Law
K: A Common Law Approach to Contract Law, Wolters Kluwer (3rd edition, 2021) (with Russell Korobkin)
FULL TEXT: | WWWWhat Every Law Student Really Needs to Know: An Introduction to the Study of Law (with Suzanna Sherry)
What Every Law Student Really Needs to Know: An Introduction to the Study of Law, Wolters Kluwer (3rd edition, 2020) (with Suzanna Sherry)
FULL TEXT: | WWWMeasuring Justice in State Courts: The Demographics of the State Judiciary
"Measuring Justice in State Courts: The Demographics of the State Judiciary," 70 Vanderbilt Law Review 1887 (2017) (with Albert H. Yoon)
FULL TEXT: | WWWCourts of Good and Ill Repute: Garoupa and Ginburg's Judicial Reputation: A Comparative Theory
"Courts of Good and Ill Repute: Garoupa and Ginburg's Judicial Reputation: A Comparative Theory," University of Chicago Law Review (2016) (with G. Mitu Gulati)
FULL TEXT: SSRNThe Role of Personal Attributes and Social Backgrounds on Judging
"The Role of Personal Attributes and Social Backgrounds on Judging," in The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Judicial Behavior (Lee Epstein and Stefanie Lindquist, editors) (2016) (with Taylor Grace Weaver)
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