Patti Alleva

Rodney & Betty Webb Professor of Law
alleva@law.und.edu

Professor Alleva is a 1979 graduate of the Hofstra Law School, where she was articles editor of the Law Review. After graduation, she clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Clarkston Fisher and then practiced law in New York City in the litigation department of Proskauer Rose.

A member of the UND law faculty since 1987, Professor Alleva teaches federal courts, advanced civil litigation, and trial advocacy. She has also taught in Emory University School of Law's Trial Techniques Program. She has received UND's Lydia and Arthur Saiki Prize for Excellence in Graduate/Professional Teaching and the Law School's Webb Faculty Achievement Award.

Professor Alleva is the Reporter for the North Dakota Federal Practice Committee. She has also been Reporter for the Federal Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group for the District of North Dakota, a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of American Law Schools' Section on Federal Courts, and a member of the North Dakota Supreme Court's Commission on Gender Fairness. She has also served on the New York City Bar Association's Council on Judicial Administration.

Professor Alleva is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She has published in the area of federal jurisdiction.