James A. Clark's litigation practice focuses on complex civil litigation at the trial and appellate levels. He supervised the pro bono work and litigation training at a large national firm. In addition to his teaching at this law school, he has taught at DePaul College of Law for 37 years. Currently he is the Director of that school’s Litigation Laboratory. In 1977, Clark received his JD from Case Western Reserve School of Law where he was the Executive Articles Editor of the Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He received his MA from Cleveland State University in 1974, and BA and BS degrees from Miami University in 1971. Upon graduation from law school, he clerked to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.