Faculty - Merle Weiner
Professor of Law
Contact
Office: 348 Knight Law
Phone: (541) 346-3857
Email Merle Weiner
Courses:
Adjudication and Courts
Professor Weiner has taught Civil Procedure, Domestic Abuse Law, Family Law, International Family Law, Torts, and other subjects. Merle Weiner graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College. There she won the Keasbey Memorial Foundation Scholarship, an award granting two years study at Cambridge University, and the Hannah T. Croasdale Award, for most improving the quality of life for Dartmouth women. At Cambridge University, Professor Weiner earned an LL.M. with First Class Honors. She then attended Harvard Law School, and obtained her J.D. cum laude. At Harvard, Professor Weiner was the co-chair of the Women's Law Association, and was an editor on the Harvard Women's Law Journal. She has trained judges on international child abduction for the National Conference of Juvenile and Family State Court Judges, has served as an expert witness in cases involving international child abduction, and has served as an observer for the drafting of the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act, currently being promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
Professor Weiner enjoys spending her free time with her husband and her two sons.
