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Douglas McFarland

Professor
Email: dmcfarland@hamline.edu
Phone: 651 523-2085

B.A., Macalester College
J.D., New York University School of Law
Ph.D., University of Minnesota

"The study of law is more than learning rules. It is better described as learning about rules, and working in the law as a medium and process for accomplishing the ends sought."

Professor McFarland teaches and writes in the areas of Civil Procedure, Torts, Federal Courts, and Evidence. His publications include Minnesota Civil Practice (3rd edition 1999), Computer-Aided Exercises on Civil Procedure (5th edition 2004), and numerous articles.

Prior to joining Hamline, Dr. McFarland was an attorney at the Minneapolis-based law firm of Dorsey & Whitney practicing in the areas of corporate law and litigation. He was Administrative Assistant to Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, Supreme Court of the United States, and a Tom C. Clark Judicial Fellow at the Court.

Dr. McFarland was a visiting professor at Phoenix School of Law in 2007-08.

He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Federalist Society. Dr.  McFarland was Associate Dean for Teaching and Scholarship from 2002-05, and has been Admissions Chair, Curriculum Chair, Development Task Force Chair, Faculty Appointments Chair, and Promotion and Tenure Chair.

Selected Publications

  • FEW ARE CHOSEN: A CAMPAIGN MEMOIR (2008)  http://www.fewarechosenbook.com
  • In Search of the Transaction or Occurrence: Counterclaims, 40 CREIGHTON L. REV. 699 (2007).
  • The True Compass: No Federal Question in a State Law Claim, 55 U. KAN. L. REV. 1 (2006).
  • A Personal Tribute to Chief Justice Rehnquist, 29 HAMLINE L. REV. 1 (2006). PDF
  • Computer Assisted Exercises on Civil Procedure (West, 5th ed. 2004; 4th ed. 1995; 3d ed. 1991) (with Roger C. Park).
  • Dictum Run Wild: How Long-Arm Statutes Extended to the Limits of Due Process, 84 B. U. L. REV. 491 (2004). PDF
  • Drop the Shoe: A Law of Personal Jurisdiction, 68 MO. L. REV. 753 (2003). PDF
  • Present Sense Impressions Cannot Live in the Past, 28 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. 907 (2001). PDF
  • MINNESOTA CIVIL PRACTICE (Lexis 3d ed. 1999, plus supplements; Butterworths, 2d ed. 1990; Mason, 1st ed. 1979) (with William J. Keppel).
  • THE FUTURE OF LEGAL EDUCATION, IN FOR THE RECORD: 150 YEARS OF LAW & LAWYERS IN MINNESOTA (Minnesota State Bar Association, 1999).
  • Profiles of all 26 Minnesota Chief Justices and Chief Judges, in FOR THE RECORD: 150 YEARS OF LAW & LAWYERS IN MINNESOTA (Minnesota State Bar Association, 1999).
  • Chief Justice Warren E. Burger: A Personal Tribute, 19 HAMLINE L. REV. 1 (1995). PDF
  • The Unconstitutional Stub of Section 1441(c), 54 Ohio St. L.J. 1059 (1993). PDF
  • The Need for a New National Court, 100 HARV. L. REV. 1400 (1987) (with Thomas E. Baker). PDF
  • Students and Practicing Lawyers Identify the Ideal Law Professor, 36 J. LEGAL EDUC. 93 (1986). PDF
  • Self-Images of Law Professors: Rethinking the Schism in Legal Education, 35 J. LEGAL EDUC. 232 (1985). PDF
  • Dead Men Tell Tales: Thirty Times Three Years of the Judicial Process After Hillmon, 30 VILL. L. REV. 1 (1985). PDF
  • Rhetorical Visions of Committed Voters in the 1980 Presidential Campaign, 1 J. CRITICAL STUD. MASS COMMUNICATION 287 (1984) (with Ernest Bormann, Becky Kroll, and Kathy Watters).

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