Zachary Cormier
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Mail code: 9520Campus: Dtphx
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Zachary is currently serving as the Stanton Fellow/First Amendment Clinic Lecturer at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. He has over a decade of experience as a civil litigator in the areas of employment law, civil rights, and commercial disputes, where he was recognized several times as a Super Lawyers "Rising Star" and Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch."
Zachary has a passion for teaching and working with students, which has only grown during his time teaching several courses in constitutional law, civil procedure, employment and labor law, and criminal procedure over the last several years. His research and writing primarily focuses upon free speech and civil rights issues.
In his free time, Zachary is a budding novelist (or at least trying to be), music junkie, and overall outdoors/hiking fanatic trying to make his way across all of the incredible landscapes that Arizona has to offer.
Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D.
University of New Mexico, B.B.A. (Finance)
• Actual Malice Originalism, 76 Baylor Law Review __ (forthcoming 2024).
•The News Media Engagement Principle, 78 Univ. Miami Law Review 64 (2023).
• Protecting “No Surprises” Journalism, 76 SMU Law Review 789 (2023).
• Unrelated Scandal, Unprotected Defamation, 53 Seton Hall Law Review 1273 (2023).
• Famously Anonymous, 92 Mississippi Law Journal 195 (2022).
• Is Vulnerability Enough? Analyzing The Jurisdictional Divide On The Requirement For Post-Notice Harassment In Title IX Litigation, 29 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 1 (2017).
• Administrative Leave As An Adverse Action For Title VII Retaliation: New Principles For Liability Call For New Updates To Policy, 37 Northern Illinois Univ. Law Review 277 (2017).
• Forcing Personal Injury Suits Into The "Regulation" Of Class III Gaming - The Judicial Divide Regarding Waiver Of Tribal Immunity And Jurisdiction For Personal Injury Suits Under The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 40 Oklahoma City Univ. Law Review 329 (2015).
• Christian Legal Society v. Martinez: The Death Knell For Associational Freedom On The College Campus, 17 Texas Wesleyan Law Review 287 (2011).
• Was the Congressional Grant of ‘Bailout’ Authority to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Really So “Unprecedented?”: A Historical Analysis and Comparison of Treasury Secretary Authority During Financial Crisis, 3 Pepperdine Journal of Business, Entr., & Law 389, Electronic Articles (2010).
Courses
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SDO 598 | Special Topics |
| SDO 598 | Special Topics |
| SDO 598 | Special Topics |
| SDO 598 | Special Topics |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SDO 569 | Adv HR & Employment Law:Master |
| SDO 569 | Adv HR & Employment Law:Master |
| SDO 551 | Duties,Obligation and Rights |
| SDO 551 | Duties,Obligation and Rights |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SDO 531 | Employment Law: Masters |
| SDO 531 | Employment Law: Masters |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SDO 569 | Adv HR & Employment Law:Master |
| SDO 569 | Adv HR & Employment Law:Master |
| SDO 531 | Employment Law: Masters |
| SDO 531 | Employment Law: Masters |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SDO 569 | Adv HR & Employment Law:Master |
| SDO 551 | Duties,Obligation and Rights |