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Jaffe

Elizabeth M. Jaffe

Associate Professor

ejaffe@johnmarshall.edu

404-872-3593 Ext. 266

Courses Taught

Client Interviewing & Counseling; Depositions; Legal Drafting; Legal Research, Writing & Analysis I & II; Pretrial Practice & Procedure

About

While in law school, Professor Jaffe served as an associate editor of the Washington Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law. After graduating from law school, Professor Jaffe served as the Judicial Clerk to The Honorable John E. Girardeau, Superior Court, Northeastern Judicial Circuit, for two years. Professor Jaffe then practiced in the areas of family law and business litigation until she joined the faculty at John Marshall in 2006. She also taught Family Law for the New Lawyer as part of the continuing education program at Georgia State University. Professor Jaffe has served as a Guardian Ad Litem and is a member of the Collaborative Law Institute.

Education

B.A., Emory University, magna cum laude
J.D., Washington University School of Law

Publications

Elizabeth M. Jaffe, Imposing a Duty in an Online World: Holding the Webhost Liable for Cyberbullying, 35 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J.  277 (2013).

Elizabeth M. Jaffe & Robert J. D’Agostino, Bullying in Public Schools: The Intersection Between the Student’s Free Speech Rights and the School’s Duty to Protect, 62 MERCER L. REV. 407 (2011).

Elizabeth M. Jaffe, Cyberbullies Beware: Reconsidering Vosburg v. Putney in the Internet Age, 5 CHARLESTON L. REV. 379 (2011).

Elizabeth M. Jaffe, Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones But Extreme and Outrageous Conduct Will Never Hurt Me: The Demise of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Claims in the Aftermath of Snyder v. Phelps, 57.2 Wayne L. Rev.  473 (2011).

Elizabeth M. Jaffe, A Structure for Legal Interpretation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Oberti v. Bd. of Educ., 995 F.2d 1024 (2d Cir. 1993), 46 Wash U.J. Urb. & Contemp. L. 391 (1994).