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David McGowan serves as the Lyle L. Jones Professor of Competition and Innovation Law at the University of San Diego School of Law, where he has been a faculty member since 2005 after teaching at the University of Minnesota School of Law from 1998 to 2005. His distinguished career includes clerkship with Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and legal practice at Skadden, Arps and Howard, Rice in San Francisco prior to academia.
McGowan earned his JD from the University of California, Berkeley in 1990, where he served as associate editor of the California Law Review and competed on the national moot court team, and his BA from UCLA in 1986. His academic journey reflects excellence in legal scholarship and advocacy.
His research spans Professional Responsibility, Antitrust Law, and Intellectual Property with deep engagement in Legal Ethics and Law and Technology. McGowan pioneered a judgment-based methodology for legal practice, emphasizing contextual problem-solving and ethical navigation, as demonstrated in his authoritative casebook Developing Judgment About Practicing Law now in its fourth edition. His work consistently bridges theoretical rigor with practical application in complex legal environments.
McGowan's recent scholarship reveals evolving focus on systemic justice issues, from implicit bias in jury selection (2024) to constitutional free speech debates (2022). He critically examines regulatory boundaries through works on unauthorized practice of law (2017) and professional judgment frameworks (2016), demonstrating how doctrinal analysis intersects with real-world legal practice challenges across criminal procedure, civil litigation, and professional ethics.
His professional honors include:
- Election to the Order of the Coif
- Associate editorship of the California Law Review
- Membership on UC Berkeley's national moot court championship team
McGowan maintains active professional engagement through affiliation with Durie Tangri LLP while mentoring law students at USD. His casebook development represents significant curriculum innovation, though specific grant funding details and student names aren't documented in available materials. As a full-time faculty member, he directs no formal research laboratories but influences legal education through scholarly publications and professional practice integration.
