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James B. Speta, Associate Professor of Law, Northwestern University

Jim Speta has been a member of the faculty 1999. His research interests include telecommunications and Internet policy, antitrust, administrative law, and market organization.Ê He teaches in the Law School and in the Joint Program in Law and Business operated by the Law School and the Kellogg School. A 1991 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, Speta joined the Northwestern faculty following a one-year visit. He had previously clerked for Judge Harry T. Edwards on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and practiced appellate, telecommunications, and antitrust law with the Chicago firm of Sidley & Austin.

EDUCATION: BA, JD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

PAST APPOINTMENTS: Assistant Professor (Aug. 1999-Aug. 2002); Visiting Assistant Professor, Northwestern University School of Law (Aug. 1998-Aug. 1999); Visiting Assistant Professor, The University of Michigan Law School (Aug. 1992-May 1993)

COURSES: Administrative Law, Business Associations, Corporations, Intellectual Property, Internet Policy, Telecommunications (and International Telecommunications), Torts.

April 2005