John F. Coyle
Assistant Professor of Law
Education
- J.D., Yale University (2005)
- M.Phil., European Studies, University of Cambridge (2001)
- B.A., History and Literature, Harvard University (2000)
Professor Coyle joined the UNC faculty after serving as a Climenko Fellow at Harvard Law School. Prior to his fellowship, Professor Coyle clerked for Judge Reena Raggi on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and practiced corporate law at Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, D.C. His research interests include corporate law, public and private international law, venture capital, and commercial law.
Professor Coyle received his B.A. in History and Literature, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Harvard College. He received his M.Phil in European Studies from Cambridge University where he wrote his dissertation about economic and cultural globalization. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was a symposium editor for the Yale Law Journal, an articles editor for the Yale Journal of International Law, and a recipient of the William K.S. Wang Prize and the Jewell Prize.
Curriculum Vitae 
Selected Publications
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Acqui-hiring (J. Coyle & G. Polsky), 63 DUKE L.J. __ (forthcoming 2013). [SSRN]
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The Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation in the Modern Era, 51 COLUM. J. TRANSNAT’L L. 302 (2013). [SSRN]
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Business Courts and Interstate Competition, 53 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1915 (2012), reprinted in 54 CORPORATE PRACTICE COMMENTATOR 869 (2013). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, SSRN, Hein, BEPress]
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Rethinking the Commercial Law Treaty, 45 GA. L. REV. 343 (2011). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, SSRN, Hein]
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Incorporative Statutes and the Borrowed Treaty Rule, 50 VA. J. INT'L L. 655 (2010). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, SSRN, Hein]
Areas of Expertise
- Corporate Law
- International Law
- LL.M. Program
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