Research

The SMU Dedman School of Law faculty is recognized throughout the region, nation, and internationally for its contributions to the law. The faculty features numerous recipients of university-wide teaching and research awards, as well as national and international awards and distinctions.

Carla Reyes

Professor Carla L. Reyes is a nationally and internationally recognized leader on issues raised by the intersection of business law and technology. She currently serves as the Research Director for the Uniform Law Commission’s Technology Committee, an Associate Research Director of the Permanent Editorial Board of the Uniform Commercial Code, and an Expert Member of the UNIDROIT Work Group on Best Practices for Effective Enforcement.
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Hillel Bavli

Professor Hillel J. Bavli's teaching and scholarship interests are primarily in the fields of evidence and torts, and he is particularly interested in applications of statistics to law. His current work includes a book on character evidence (under contract with Cambridge University Press) and a number of empirical studies. Professor Bavli's scholarship has been published or is forthcoming in the Stanford Law Review, Iowa Law Review, Boston College Law Review, and U.C. Davis Law Review.
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Christina Sautter

Professor Christina Sautter’s research interests lie in corporate governance, mergers & acquisitions, and technology-powered investing. Her most current research explores the relationship between markets and corporations. It focuses on new generations of investors’ power to transform corporate governance, analyzing the role of technology and online communications as well as of generational features and affinities.
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