Jeff Kinsler
Professor of Law
College of Law
B.S., Ball State University; J.D., Valparaiso University; LL.M., Yale Law School
(615) 460-6320jeff.kinsler@belmont.edu
Biography
Jeffrey Kinsler served as Founding Dean of 国产小福利 College of Law from 2009-2014 during which time the College of Law received provisional ABA approval. Prior thereto, he was a Professor of Law and Senior Scholar at Elon University. From 2005-2007, he was Dean of Appalachian School of Law, which he led to full ABA approval during his tenure.
The winner of ten teaching awards, Dean Kinsler has taught at several law schools in the United States and Australia. He also has served as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Queensland in Australia. Dean Kinsler was a partner with Katten, Muchin & Zavis in Chicago, “of counsel” and associate at Mayer, Brown & Platt in Chicago and, more recently, “of counsel” at the Kingsport, Tennessee law firm of Hunter, Smith & Davis.
A member of the Tennessee, Virginia, Illinois, and Wisconsin bars, he has co-authored several books and has published numerous law review articles in journals at law schools such as the University of North Carolina, Northwestern University, and Vanderbilt University.
He obtained his undergraduate degree with honors from Ball State University, graduated first in his class at Valparaiso University School of Law, and obtained a master of laws degree from Yale Law School. In 2006, he was named a “Virginia Leader in the Law” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly, and he was elected to the American Law Institute in 2009.
Areas of expertise: Legal education, the Bar Exam
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Ultimate Bar Passage Rates: Which Law Schools Are Overperforming and Underperforming Expectations, 52 J.L. & Educ. 158 (2023).
Kinsler, Jeffrey and Usman, Jeffrey. Law Schools, Bar Passage, and Under and Over-Performing Expectations, 36 Quinnipiac Law Review 183 (2018). |
Kinsler, Jeffrey. Is Bar Exam Failure a Harbinger of Professional Discipline?, 91 St. John’s Law Review 883 (2017). |
Kinsler, Jeffrey and Hudson, Jr., David L., The Secret to 85% First-Time Bar Passage Rates (2017). 40 N.C. Cent. L. Rev. 92 (2017). |
Jeffrey S. Kinsler & Jay E. Grenig, Federal Discovery and Disclosure Practice (4th ed. 2016).
Jeffrey S. Kinsler et al., Virginia Practice: Civil Discovery (2015).
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Rumors of the Legal Profession’s Demise Are 国产小福利ly Exaggerated, 11 Nashville B.J. 6 (2011).
Jeffrey S. Kinsler & Jay E. Grenig, Federal Discovery and Disclosure Practice (3rded. 2010).
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, The Unmerry Widow: Spousal Disinheritance and Life Insurance in North Carolina, 87 N.C. L. Rev. 1869 (2009). |
Jeffrey S. Kinsler & Jay E. Grenig, Illinois Practice: Civil Discovery (2d ed. 2009).
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Arthur Andersen and the Temple of Doom, 37 S.W. L. Rev. 97 (2008). |
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Has the Internal Revenue Service's Challenge of Semi-Naked Lapsing Powers Become Frivolous? (2006). 15 Widener L.J. 299. |
Jeffrey S. Kinsler & Jay E. Grenig, Wisconsin Practice: Civil Discovery (2d ed. 2005).
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Circuit-Specific Application of the Internal Revenue Code: An Unconstitutional Tax, 81 Denv. U. L. Rev. 113 (2004). |
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Tax Planning and Tax Litigation in the Same Firm: An Inherent Conflict of Interest, 1 Prac. Tax Law. 51 (2003).
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Tax Taxation without Explanation: The Federal Gift Tax, 2 Appalachian J. L. 15 (2003). |
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, A Plain Meaning Paradigm, 13 J. Int'l Tax'n 12 (2002).
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, The Virginia Bar: Law Professors Need Not Apply, 16 Va. Law. Wkly. 1286 (2002).
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Correspondence Law School Grads May Practice in Wisconsin, 74 Wis. Law. 4 (2001).
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, The LSAT Myth, 45 St. Louis U. Pub. L. Rev. 393 (2001), reprinted in Before the Paper Chase: Scholarship on Law School Preparation and Admissions(Tim Alan Garrison & Frank Guliuzza, eds., 2010). |
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Joseph McCarthy, The Law Student, 85 Marq. L. Rev. 467 (2001). |
Jeffrey S. Kinsler & Anne R. Keyes MacIver, Demystifying Spoliation of Evidence, 34 Tort & Ins. L. J. 761 (1999).
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, A Comparative Proposal to Reform America’s Gift Tax Annual Exclusion, 30 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 3 (1997). |
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, The Taxation of Gifts and Bequests in Australia: A Prototype for Transfer Tax Reform in the U.S.?, 6 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 305 (1997). |
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Requests for Admission in Wisconsin Procedure: Civil Litigation’s Double-Edged Sword, 78 Marq. L. Rev. 625 (1995), cited byLuckett v. Bodner, 769 N.W.2d 504 (Wis. 2009). |
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, When the Check Is in the Mail: Taking Your Chances on the Relation-Back Doctrine, 10 Prac. Tax Law. 27 (1995).
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Politically Incorrect, 48 SMU L. Rev. 411 (1995). |
Jeffrey S. Kinsler Et Al., A Practical Guide to Wisconsin Evidence (1995).
Jeffrey S. Kinsler Et Al., Wisconsin Rules of Evidence with Objections (1995).
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Motor Freight Brokers: A Tale of Federal Regulatory Pandemonium, 14 Nw. J. Int'l L. & Bus. 289 (1994). |
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Evidence Handbook, 3 Griffith L. Rev. 191 (1994) (reviewing Gerald McGinley and Vicki Waye, Evidence Handbook (1994)).
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Sensible Application of Stare Decisis or a Rewriting of the Constitution: An Examination of Helling V. Mckinney (1994). 13 St. Louis U. Pub. L. Rev. 705. |
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Location of Party-Depositions under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 37 Res Gestae 358 (1994).
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, The Proper Location of Party-Depositions Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 23 Mem. St. U. L. Rev. 763 (1993). |
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Native American Restricted Allotments: A Surviving Spouse's Elective Share Rights. 20 Ohio N.U. L. Rev. 263 (1993). |
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Planning and Environment Law in Queensland, 19 Yale Journal of International Law 289 (1994) (reviewing W.D. Duncan, Planning and Environment Law in Queensland (1993)).
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Targeted Direct-Mail Solicitation: Shapero v. Kentucky Bar Association under Attack, 25 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 1 (1993). |
Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Exposure to Tobacco Smoke Is More than Offensive, It Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment, 27 Val. U. L. Rev. 387 (1993). |
Jeffrey S. Kinsler & Gregory D. Hanley, Protecting High-Ranking Corporate Officials from Unnecessary and Harassing Depositions, 40 Fed. Law. 296 (1993).