DeWolf, David

David K. DeWolf Professor ddewolf@lawschool.gonzaga.edu (509) 313-3767 B.A., Stanford University, 1971 J.D., Yale Law School, 1979, Phi Beta Kappa

Biographical Information

Law clerk for Justice Stephen Bistline, Idaho Supreme Court, 1979-80; in private practice with Lukins & Annis, P.S., Spokane, (1980-84); assistant professor, Oklahoma City University (1984-87); Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute, Seattle, Washington.

Personal Web Page

Teaching Areas

• Torts
• First Amendment
• Criminal Law

Publications

• The State of the Washington Supreme Court: A 2008 Update, published by the Federalist Society.
• 2008-2009 Revisions of Four Volumes of the Washington Practice Series
• Review of the book, Ten Tortured Words, by Stephen Mansfield, Denver University Law Review (2007)
• The View From Washington, Lawdragon.com article. September 10, 2007
• Quoted in the article Democrats Shift Approach on Abortion, In the Los Angeles Times, July 26, 2007
• Intelligent Design Will Survive Kitzmiller v. Dover, 68 Montana Law Review 7 (2007).
• Rebuttal to Irons, 68 Montana Law Review 89 (2007).
• The Rightful Status of Intelligent Design, (co-authored with Randall Wegner), Philadelphia Inquirer, October 18, 2005.
• Teaching Harbeson, Journal of Legal Education, December 2004
• Teaching the Origins of Controversy: Science, or Religion, or Speech? (with Stephen C. Meyer and Mark DeForrest), 2000 Utah L. Rev. 39 (2000)
• Academic Freedom After Edwards, published in 13 Regent University Law Review 447 (2001)
• Review of The Catholic University as Promise and Project: Reflections in a Jesuit Idiom, by Michael J. Buckley, published in 16 J.Law and Religion 423 (2001)
• Washington Tort Law & Practice (with Keller W. Allen), West Publishing, 2d ed. 2000 (annual pocket part).
• Washington Contract Law & Practice (with Keller W. Allen and Darlene Barrier), West Publishing, (1998) (annual pocket part)
• Cases and Materials on the Law of Torts, Lupus Publications, 1993
• Liability for Product Manufacturers in Washington:  When is Strict Liability Appropriate?, 27 Gonz. L. Rev. 217 (1991-92)
• Comparative Contribution Statutes and the Effect of Settlement on Claim Reduction, 23 Gonz. L. Rev. 37 (1987/88)
• Assumption of Risk and Abnormally Dangerous Activities: A Proposal, (with Deborah G. Hander), 51 Mont. L. Rev. 161 (1990)
• State Action Under the Religion Clauses: Neutral in Result or Neutral in Treatment?, 24 U. Richmond L. Rev. 253 (1990)
• Book Review / Essay (reviewing Laurence Tribe, Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes), 26 Gonz. L. Rev. 257 (1990/91)
• Fetal Position:  The Pro-life Majority in Congress has a Unique Opportunity to Adopt Sensible Limits on Elective Abortion, National Review, March 20, 1995 (with Stephen C. Meyer)
• A Pro-Life Case for the Daschle Bill, Wall Street Journal, June 6, 1997 (with Stephen C. Meyer)

Presentations

Spoke to the National Litigation Academy for the Alliance Defense Fund, Half Moon Bay, CA, July 2008