James R. Copland is the director of the Manhattan Institute's Center for Legal Policy, which seeks to communicate thoughtful ideas on civil justice reform to real decision-makers. Mr. Copland serves as managing editor of the Institute's PointOfLaw.com, a web magazine that brings together information and opinion on the U.S. litigation system; and project manager for the Institute's Trial Lawyers, Inc. series of publications that examine the size, scope, and inner workings of America's lawsuit industry.
Mr. Copland has published opinion columns in national, local, and online newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, The National Law Journal, Investors Business Daily, and National Review Online. He has appeared on various television and radio shows, including those on Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, C-SPAN, and NPR. He has testified before Congress and is a regular speaker and conference participant discussing tort reform issues.
Prior to joining the Manhattan Institute, Mr. Copland was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company in New York. He had earlier served as a law clerk for Hon. Ralph K. Winter on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He has been a director of two privately held manufacturing companies since 1997.
Mr. Copland received JD and MBA degrees from Yale, where he was an Olin Fellow in Law and Economics and an editor of the Yale Journal on Regulation. He also has an MSc in politics of the world economy from the London School of Economics and a BA in economics with highest distinction and highest honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar.
PointofLaw.com, a webmagazine that brings together information and opinion on the U.S. litigation system
Select Media
- WABC's "Tiempo", 5-31-09. [Part I] [Part II] [Part III] [Part IV].
- Fox News "Strategy Room"
- NY1's "Road to City Hall", 5-26-09
- PBS "Newshour with Jim Lehrer", 5- 26-09. [Part I]
[Part II]
- WCBS Evening News, 5-26-09.
- WABC's Eyewitness News, 5-26-09
- WLW's "The Mike McConnell Show", 5-26-09
- KOA'S "The Mike Rosen Show", 5-26-09
- WBAL's "The Ron Smith Show", 5-26-09
- WDRC's "The Dan Lovallo Show", 5-26-09
- The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame, 4-3-09
- Fox News "Strategy Room"
- WOR's "The John Gambling Show," 3-27-09
- Radio America's "Dateline Washington," 3-26-09
- WABC's "The Curtis Sliwa Show," 3-25-09
- PJTV, 3-17-09
- WOR's "The Steve Malzberg Show" , 3-10-09
- Westwood One's "The Lars Larson Show", 3-5-09
Articles/Op-eds
- What of impartiality?, National Law Journal, 06-01-09
- On Souter’s replacement, litigation, and empathy Washington Post, 05-20-09
- Card Check is still alive and deadly for workers, Washington Examiner, 04-08-09
- A Dose of Skepticism: The Supreme Court's ruling in Wyeth is likely to unleash conflicting standards and a flood of litigation, Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal, 03-19-09
- A 'Cure' Worse Than Gangrene, Washington Times, 03-09-09
- West Virginia too heavenly for trial lawyers West Virginia Record 11-03-08
- Is ballot proposal real reform or partisan ploy? Detroit News 07-23-08
- Asbestos litigation far from over Washington Examiner, 05-07-08
- Smoke Test for Supremes New York Sun, 04-09-08
- Leave It to the FDA WashingtonPost.com, 03-15-08
- Spitzer's Sins in the Spotlight National Review Online, 03-11-08
- Mississippi on Trial National Review Online, 11-16-07
- Courts Thin Out Lead Paint Lawsuits Washington Examiner, 09-19-07
- Bush brief may help slow lawsuit abuse Washington Examiner, 08-22-07
- Lighting Up New York Sun, 06-15-07
- A Judge Cries 'Sue!' New York Post, 06-13-07
- Safety in Numbers? TheAmerican.com, 05-02-07
- The One Best Idea New York Sun, 04-26-07
- Gun Control Doesn't Fit This Crime WashingtonPost.com, 04-19-07
- Are U.S. IPOs DOA? WashingtonPost.com, 04-12-07
- The Capital Market Crackup CEO Magazine, December 2006
- Kill baseless, batty plan to ban metal bats Daily News, 10-25-06
- Simply Wrong New York Post, 10-20-06
- Plaintiff Bar's 'Next Best Thing'? By James Copland and Sherman Joyce, The Connecticut Law Tribune, 09-04-06
- Exploiting for profit By James Copland and Sherman Joyce, National Law Journal, 08-28-06
- Lawyer Lead-ership City Journal, Spring 2006
- Proposition 79’s assault on drugs San Francisco Examiner, 10-26-05
- Miers' best trait: her paperless trail Newsday, 10-4-05
- Supreme Court's new glue? Newsday, 7-21-05
- Trial Lawyers, Inc.: California's dangerous big business San Francisco Examiner, 4-14-05
- Tort tax cut Washington Times, 2-15-05
- Turning Out Trial Lawyers, Inc. Election Day brought good news for tort reform. National Review, 11-8-04 (reprinted in The San Francisco Examiner 01/06/05)
- A Dangerous Prescription: Trial Lawyers, Inc. Takes on Missouri Medicine Missouri Medicine, Nov/Dec 2004
- Pension Politics Foils Curbs On Shareholder Strike Suits Investor's Business Daily, 9-23-04
- These actions have no class San Francisco Examiner, 9-15-04
- Kerry-Edwards & Co. Trial Lawyers, Inc. run for president. NationalReview.com, 7-8-04
- Legislators Must Overhaul Medical-Malpractice Guidelines by Carrie Nixon and Jim Copland, DailyJournal.com, 3-16-04
- Tort law represents a growth industry The Daily Oklahoman, 3-2-04
- Primary Pass: John Edwards and the Power of Trial Lawyers, Inc. National Review Online, 1-26-04
- Liable to Infection Flu vaccine in short supply partly because of trial lawyers and 'tort tax' Dallas Morning News, 12-14-03
- Fiction to Fact: Rule by lawyers—on and off screen. National Review Online, 11-26-03
- NY: 'Hellhole' New York Post, 6-16-03
- The Tort Tax Wall Street Journal, 6-11-03
Testimony
Papers
Features
Podcasts
- Jim Copland interviewed Ken Langone on his thoughts about the overcriminalization of corporate conduct from the legal and business perspectives, 06-08-09
- Jim Copland interviewed Dick Thornburgh on his thoughts about the overcriminalization of corporate conduct from the legal and business perspectives, 06-08-09
- Jim Copland interviews Ilya Somin on Sonia Sotomayor's judicial record regard, 06-01-09
- Jim Copland interviews Richard Epstein about the problems with the Employee Free Choice Act, 03-20-09
- Marie Gryphon discusses her report, "Greater Justice, Lower Cost: How a 'Loser Pays' Rule Would Improve the American Legal System" with Jim Copland, 12-02-08
- Jim Copland reads his article 'West Virginia Too Heavenly For Trial Lawyers', 11-01-08
- Jim Copland reads "Leave it to the FDA", 09-04-08
- Jim Copland reads "Asbestos Litigation far from over", 09-04-08
- Jim Copland reads "Smoke Test for Supremes", 09-04-08
- Jim Copland interviews Richard Epstein on his most recent book Supreme Neglect: How to Revive Constitutional Protection for Private Property, 09-04-08
- Jim Copland and Lester Brickman discuss the evolution of asbestos litigation, 05-09-08
- Professor Epstein's third lecture "The New Antitrust: Reexamining Microsoft and Other Consent Decrees", 12-07-07
- Richard Epstein discusses his lecture entitled "Neither Liberal Nor Conservative: A Maverick's View of the Supreme Court" with James Copland, 11-08-07
- Richard Epstein and James Copland discuss the event "Aiding and Abetting Securities Liability: Reflections on Stoneridge Investment v. Scientific-Atlanta", 10-10-07
- James Copland reads his article 'A Judge Cries 'Sue'!'', 06-13-07
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