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Nadia Nedzel is an assistant professor of law at Southern University Law Center. She teaches civil procedure, sales and leases, obligations, advanced legal writing, contracts, and international business transactions. Professor Nedzel came to SULC from Tulane University School of Law, where she served for five years as the director of Graduate Legal Studies and Exchange Programs and lecturer in law, teaching Introduction to American Law and Legal Research and Writing to International LL.M. candidates. A former judicial clerk for Judge Carl E. Stewart, U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Professor Nedzel was staff attorney for the Fifth Circuit, held the Forrester Teaching Fellowship at Tulane Law School, and practiced admiralty and international trade with Preis, Kraft and Roy, a law firm with offices in New Orleans, Lafayette, and Houston.

Professor Nedzel's scholarly interests include international and comparative commercial law and jurisprudence, specifically the interrelationship among market economies, technology, and law. Her published articles include comparative studies of good faith and fair dealing, suretyship, and others. Her most recent publication is Legal Research and Writing for International Graduate Students. She has also authored two upcoming major articles: "Antidumping and Cotton Subsidies: A Market-based Defense of Unfair Trade Remedies," Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business (vol. 83, forthcoming 2008) and "Eminent Domain: A Legal and Economic Critique," Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender, and Class (with Walter Block) (forthcoming 2008).

Professor Nedzel earned a J.D. magna cum laude from Loyola University School of Law (New Orleans), and an LL.M. with honors from Northwestern University School of Law, focusing on international and comparative commercial law. Her Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University includes a triple major in English, French, and comparative literature (Spanish, French, Russian) with advanced hard science and math courses.