Christine P. Bartholomew

Christine P. Bartholomew is a professor of law, the William J. Magavern Faculty Scholar, co-director of the Advocacy Institute, and vice dean for student achievement at the University at Buffalo School of Law. Her research focuses on antitrust, evidence, civil procedure, and the intersection of those fields in complex litigation.

Bartholomew teaches antitrust, evidence, and civil procedure. She is a member of the American Law Institute and an associate editor of the Antitrust Law Journal. She is co-editor, with James Langenfeld, of “Antitrust Daubert Handbook” and co-author, with James Gardner, of “Legal Argument: The Structure and Language of Effective Advocacy.”

Before entering academia, Bartholomew practiced antitrust, consumer-protection, and complex civil litigation in the San Francisco Bay Area. She served as managing attorney of the San Francisco office of Finkelstein Thompson LLP and held lead counsel and executive committee positions in national antitrust and consumer class actions.

Bartholomew has received numerous awards for teaching and scholarship, including the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Jacob B. Hyman Distinguished Professor Award. She has also received the law school’s student-selected Faculty Award for teaching seven times.

Bartholomew earned a J.D. from the University of California, Davis School of Law and a bachelor’s in English literature, magna cum laude, from San Francisco State University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.