Edward Finegan, University of Southern California
Linguistics and Law
Professor
Los Angeles, California
finegan@usc.edu
Office:
(213) 740-3876
(310) 204-1501
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After taking a Ph.D. from Ohio University in 1968, he joined the USC faculty as assistant professor of English and later became founding chair of USC's Linguistics Department. In 1975 and 1976, he served in Tehran as director of USC’s English-language teaching project for National Iranian Radio a...
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Bio/Research
After taking a Ph.D. from Ohio University in 1968, he joined the USC faculty as assistant professor of English and later became founding chair of USC's Linguistics Department. In 1975 and 1976, he served in Tehran as director of USC’s English-language teaching project for National Iranian Radio and Television. Since 1996 he has been teaching lawyering skills in the Gould School of Law.
Focusing principally on linguistic aspects of contract interpretation, defamation, and trademark infringement, Prof. Finegan has consulted for scores of law firms in more than a dozen states, as well as for the offices of the Federal Public Defender and the California Attorney General. Currently vice-president of the International Association of Forensic Linguists, he will become president of the association in 2013. He served three times as president of the USC chapter of Phi Kappa Phi and is the recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award; he also served for two years as co-president of the University’s Lambda Alumni Association. He is the recipient of the Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching (1980) and has been honored by USC Dornsife College with the Albert S. Raubenheimer Distinguished Faculty Award (1981 and 2004) and its General Education Teaching Award (2001). Besides his work at CET, Prof. Finegan also chairs the University’s Oversight Committee on Athletic Academic Affairs.
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Focusing principally on linguistic aspects of contract interpretation, defamation, and trademark infringement, Prof. Finegan has consulted for scores of law firms in more than a dozen states, as well as for the offices of the Federal Public Defender and the California Attorney General. Currently vice-president of the International Association of Forensic Linguists, he will become president of the association in 2013. He served three times as president of the USC chapter of Phi Kappa Phi and is the recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award; he also served for two years as co-president of the University’s Lambda Alumni Association. He is the recipient of the Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching (1980) and has been honored by USC Dornsife College with the Albert S. Raubenheimer Distinguished Faculty Award (1981 and 2004) and its General Education Teaching Award (2001). Besides his work at CET, Prof. Finegan also chairs the University’s Oversight Committee on Athletic Academic Affairs.
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