Edward F. Sherman was an American legal scholar who served as the 20th dean of the Tulane University Law School from 1996 to 2001. After his tenure as dean, he continued to teach at the law school until his retirement in 2015. Prior to this appointment, he taught at numerous law schools, including the University of Texas Law School, where he taught for 19 years. His scholarship focused on Civil Procedure and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Working with USAID he helped Vietnam write a new code of civil procedure. In 1970, he was a founding board member of the Lawyers Military Defense Committee, which provided free civilian counsel to U.S. military members in Vietnam and West Germany.

Education

Sherman earned his BA from Georgetown University in 1959, his LLM and SJD from Harvard Law School in 1962 and 1981 respectively, and his MAs in English and History from Texas Western University in 1962 and 1967.

Policy stances

Sherman believed that clients should generally attend ADR proceedings, and that there should be an exception to the mediator-confidentiality privilege when a court needs to obtain information relevant to determining compliance with a court order to participate in ADR in good faith.

Awards

Publications

Sherman authored or edited 19 books and has contributed chapters to 20 more. He has also authored over 50 articles, including two in the Yale Law Journal. Some of his more widely-known contributions are listed below.

Books

Articles