Career
Birmingham's first teaching position was as Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Ohio State University in 1967. From there he moved on and taught as Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Indiana, Bloomington from 1967-1971. Upon ascending to Associate Professor in 1971, Birmingham stayed for three additional years ending his time in Indiana in 1973. He returned as a visiting professor in 1978-1979, but the majority of the time between 1974 and 2007 has been spent lecturing on the campus of the University of Connecticut School of Law.
As of 2004, Birmingham was one of only eight professors at UConn Law with a Ph. D in addition to a J.D. and the only professor with two such degrees. Using this myriad of education experiences, Birmingham is able to bring broad perspectives to the classroom. Combining law, behavioral science, economics and philosophy, Birmingham delves into and develops theories and legal philosophies seldom explored in the typical legal education.
As a result of this interdisciplinary approach, Birmingham continues to offer a wide range of classes including Contracts, Admiralty Law, Energy Law, Feminist Legal Theories, Federal Courts, Imperium, The Nuremberg Trials, Jackson, Galileo, Remedies, Law and Economics and Law and Science.
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