William W Schwarzer

Books

• The Elements of Case Management: A Pocket Guide for Judges (Federal Judicial Center 2d ed. 2006) (with Alan Hirsch).
• California Practice Guide, Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial (Rutter Group 1998 & Supps. 1999–2016) (with A. Wallace Tashima, James M. Wagstaffe & Steven J. Adamski).
• Civil Discovery and Mandatory Disclosure: A Guide to Efficient Practice (Prentice Hall Law & Business 2d ed. 1994) (with Lynn H. Pasahow & James B. Lewis).
• Manual for Complex Litigation (Federal Judicial Center 3d ed. 1994) (with FJC staff) (editor).
• On the Federalization of the Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice (Federal Judicial Center 1994) (with Russell R. Wheeler).
• Imposing a Moratorium on the Number of Federal Judges (Federal Judicial Center 1993) (with FJC staff).
• Judicial Federalism in Action: Coordination of Litigation in State and Federal Courts (Federal Judicial Center 1992) (with Nancy E. Weiss & Alan Hirsch).
• Manual for Litigation Management and Cost and Delay Reduction (Federal Judicial Center 1992) (with FJC staff).
• Forging a Truce Between Science and Justice (Williams & Wilkins 1991) (with Judyth W. Pendell & Roger C. Herman, M.D.) (editor).
• The Analysis and Decision of Summary Judgment Motions: A Monograph on Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Federal Judicial Center 1991) (with Alan Hirsch & David J. Barrans) (reprinted in 139 F.R.D. 441 (1992)).
• The Elements of Case Management (Federal Judicial Center 1991) (with Alan Hirsch).
• Managing Antitrust and Other Complex Litigation: A Handbook for Lawyers and Judges (Michie Co. 1982).

Journal Articles

• Revitalizing FRCP 68: Can Offers of Judgment Provide Adequate Incentives for Fair, Early Settlement of Fee-Recovery Cases?, 57 Mercer L. Rev. 815 (2006). FULLTEXT
• What Attorneys Think of Jury Trial Innovations, 86 Judicature 192 (2003) (with J. Donald Cowan, Jr., Thomas M. Crisham, Michael B. Keating, Gael Mahony, Debra E. Pole, Michael A. Pope & John R. Wester). FULLTEXT
• The Administrative Relationship Between the District and Bankruptcy Courts, 17 Bankr. Dev. J. 9 (2000) (with Neil McGaraghan). FULLTEXT
• Comment on Burbank and Silberman, 45 Am. J. Comp. L. 705 (1997). FULLTEXT
• Case Management in the Federal Courts, 15 Civ. Just. Q. 141 (1996). WL
• Structuring Multiclaim Litigation: Should Rule 23 Be Revised?, 94 Mich. L. Rev. 1250 (1996). FULLTEXT
• Judicial Federalism: A Proposal to Amend the Multidistrict Litigation Statute to Permit Discovery Coordination of Large-Scale Litigation Pending in State and Federal Courts, 73 Tex. L. Rev. 1529 (1995) (with Alan Hirsch & Edward Sussman). FULLTEXT
• Let's Try a Small Claims Calendar for the U.S. Courts, 78 Judicature 221 (1995). FULLTEXT
• Settlement of Mass Tort Class Actions: Order Out of Chaos, 80 Cornell L. Rev. 837 (1995). FULLTEXT
• The Federal Judicial Center and the Administration of Justice in the Federal Courts, 28 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1129 (1995). FULLTEXT
• Civil and Human Rights and the Courts under the New Constitution of the Russian Federation, 28 Int'l Law. 825 (1994). FULLTEXT
• Court ADR, 12 Alternatives to High Cost Litig. 6 (Jan. 1994). WL
• On the Federalization of the Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice, 23 Stetson L. Rev. 651 (1994) (with Russell R. Wheeler). FULLTEXT
• Rule 11: Entering a New Era, 28 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 7 (1994). FULLTEXT
• In Defense of "Automatic Disclosure in Discovery", 27 Ga. L. Rev. 655 (1993). FULLTEXT
• Summary Judgment after Eastman Kodak, 45 Hastings L.J. 1 (1993) (with Alan Hirsch) (reprinted in 154 F.R.D. 311 (1994)). FULLTEXT
• Democracy's Dawn: American Judges and the Rule of Law Abroad, 31 Judges' J. 34 (Fall 1992). FULLTEXT
• Fee-shifting Offers of Judgment—An Approach to Reducing the Cost of Litigation, 76 Judicature 147 (1992). FULLTEXT
• Judicial Federalism in Action: Coordination of Litigation in State and Federal Courts, 78 Va. L. Rev. 1689 (1992) (with Nancy E. Weiss & Alan Hirsch). FULLTEXT
• Sentencing Guidelines and Mandatory Minimums: Mixing Apples and Oranges, 66 S. Cal. L. Rev. 405 (1992). FULLTEXT
• Sentencing Guidelines and Mandatory Minimums: The Need for Separate Evaluation, 4 Fed. Sent. R. 352 (1992). FULLTEXT
• Experts—Use and Abuse (Part I): Commentary, 60 Antitrust L.J. 363 (1991). FULLTEXT
• Experts—Use and Abuse (Part II): Commentary, 60 Antitrust L.J. 405 (1991). FULLTEXT
• Judicial Discretion in Sentencing, 3 Fed. Sent. R. 339 (1991). FULLTEXT
• Slaying the Monsters of Cost and Delay: Would Disclosure Be More Effective than Discovery?, 74 Judicature 178 (1991). FULLTEXT
• Beyond the Frontier, 132 F.R.D. 87 (1990). WL
• Reforming Jury Trials, 1990 U. Chi. Legal F. 119 (1990) (reprinted in 132 F.R.D. 575 (1991)). FULLTEXT
• The Cost of Rule 11, 7 Compleat Law. 26 (1990) (with Jerold S. Solovy). FULLTEXT
• Mistakes Lawyers Make in Discovery, 15 Litig. 31 (Winter 1989). FULLTEXT
• Statement of William W. Schwarzer, United States District Judge Northern District of California, Concerning Mandatory Minimum Sentences, 2 Fed. Sent. R. 186 (1989-1990). HEIN WL
• The Federal Rules, the Adversary Process, and Discovery Reform, 50 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 703 (1989). FULLTEXT
• Rule 11 Revisited, 101 Harv. L. Rev. 1013 (1988). FULLTEXT
• Guidelines for Discovery, Motion Practice and Trial, 117 F.R.D. 273 (1987). WL
• Summary Judgment and Case Management, 56 Antitrust L.J. 213 (1987). FULLTEXT
• Summary Judgment: A Proposed Revision of Rule 56, 110 F.R.D. 213 (1986). WL
• Sanctions Under the New Federal Rule 11—A Closer Look, 104 Judicature 181 (1985). WL
• Grading the Judge, 10 Litig. 5 (Winter 1984). FULLTEXT
• Summary Judgment under the Federal Rules: Defining Genuine Issues of Material Fact, 99 F.R.D. 465 (1984). WL
• Jury Instructions: We Can Do Better, 8 Litig. 5 (Winter 1982). FULLTEXT
• Techniques for Identifying and Narrowing Issues in Antitrust Cases, 51 Antitrust L.J. 223 (1982). FULLTEXT
• Assuring Effective Assistance of Counsel, 7 Litig. 5 (Winter 1981). FULLTEXT
• Communicating with Juries: Problems and Remedies, 69 Cal. L. Rev. 731 (1981). FULLTEXT
• Dealing with Incompetent Counsel—The Trial Judge's Role, 93 Harv. L. Rev. 633 (1980). FULLTEXT
• Letter to Hon. John H. Shenefield, 48 Antitrust L.J. 743 (1979). FULLTEXT
• Reflections on a Visit to China, 54 Cal. St. B.J. 162 (1979).
• Managing Civil Litigation: The Trial Judge's Role, 61 Judicature 400 (1978) (reprinted in Brief, Aug. 1980, at 15). FULLTEXT
• Regulated Industries and the Antitrust Laws: An Overview, 41 ICC Prac. J. 543 (1974).
• Toward a World Law: A Reply, 37 Cal. St. B.J. 66 (1962). FULLTEXT
• World Peace Through World Law: The Disarmament Problem, 47 A.B.A. J. 1171 (1961). FULLTEXT
• Break for the Farmers: A Further Word, 33 Cal. St. B.J. 290 (1958). FULLTEXT
• Enforcing Federal Supremacy: Relief Against Federal-State Regulatory Conflicts, 43 Cal. L. Rev. 234 (1955). FULLTEXT
• Presidential Power and Aggression Abroad: A Constitutional Dilemma, 40 A.B.A. J. 394 (1954) (with Robert R. Wood). FULLTEXT
• Wages During Temporary Disability, 5 Stan. L. Rev. 30 (1952) (reprinted in 8 Indus. L. Rev. 12 (1953)). FULLTEXT

Chapters In Books

• Management of Expert Evidence, in Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence 39 (Federal Judicial Center, 2d ed. 2000) (with Joe S. Cecil). CATALOG URL

Book Reviews

• Book Review, 71 Cal. L. Rev. 1572 (1983) (reviewing Malcolm M. Feeley, Court Reform on Trial: Why Simple Solutions Fail (1893)). HEIN WL

Newspaper & Magazine Articles

• Governing the Federal Judiciary, Legal Times, Dec. 11, 1995, at 24.
• Sharper Management Tools Needed for Federal Courts, N.J.L.J., Dec. 19, 1994, at 25.
• Teaching Judges How to Cope, Legal Times, Dec. 19, 1994, at 20.