John R. Schmertz

Professor Schmertz specializes in evidence and public/private international law, both of which he teaches at the Law Center, in addition to Philosophy of Law and Conflicts. His recent writings include various articles on evidence, civil procedure, and private international law and, since 1976, a nationally circulated monthly newsletter entitled Federal Rules of Evidence News. Before joining the Law Center faculty in 1964, he served as a law clerk in a U.S. District Court, was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and practiced privately with Pierson, Ball &Camp;Dowd. He is on the faculty of the American Academy of Judicial Education and has been involved in various ABA, American Society of International Law, FBA, D.C. Bar, and ALI-ABA and CLE programs on Evidence and Transnational Procedure.