Jill Wieber Lens

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Visiting Assistant Professor of Law

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Jill Wieber Lens joined the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law as a Visiting Assistant Professor in July 2009.  She is teaching torts in the 2009 fall semester.  

Professor Lens graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2005, is a member of the Order of the Coif, and received the West Publishing Company Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement at graduation.  She also served as a Note & Comment Editor of the Iowa Law Review.  Prior to entering academia, Professor Lens practiced commercial, appellate, and class action litigation in St. Louis, Missouri.  She is admitted to practice law in Missouri and Illinois.

Professor Lens’s research interests include civil procedure, evidence, torts, and federal court jurisdiction. 

Courses Taught

Torts I

Evidence

Remedies

Publications

  • If the Purpose is to Punish (and it is), Benefit of the Bargain Damages Should be Recoverable for Fraudulent Misrepresentation Only as Punitive Damages, In Progress. 
  • The (Overlooked) Consequence of Easing the Prohibition of Expert Legal Testimony in Professional Negligence Claims, 48 U. Lou. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2009). 
  • Note, Second Hand Choice: An Incompetent Pregnant Woman’s Constitutional Right to Choose Abortion, 90 Iowa L. Rev. 791 (2005).

Presentations