Shawn Bayern

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Shawn J. Bayern is an American law professor. Before his legal career, he created several widely used computer-software systems and wrote several widely cited books on computer programming.

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[edit] Biography

After graduating from Yale University, Bayern worked as a research programmer at Yale University's Technology and Planning group,[1] there developing the Central Authentication Service in "one week using a text editor."[2] As a student he had developed a reputation for becoming critical to the university's information systems and having full access to those systems.[3] As a researcher he was also the reference-implementation lead for JSTL[4] and sat on the specification committees that developed popular web languages including JavaServer Pages,[5] JAX-RPC,[6] and JavaServer Faces. [7] He wrote books on JSTL and JSP.[8][9] He gave award-winning[10] speeches about Java, the Central Authentication Service, and other topics at industry conference such as Macworld Conference & Expo, Java One, and WebDevShare.

After his computing career, Bayern went to law school at the University of California at Berkeley. There he was editor-in-chief of the California Law Review (ISSN 00081221)[11] and first in his class at graduation.[12] He then worked as a law clerk for Harris Hartz of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.[13] He has worked in the Office of the Solicitor General, on the Appellate Staff of the Civil Division of the Department of Justice, in the chambers of a United States District Judge in California, and at Covington & Burling, a Washington law firm.[13]

Bayern is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Duke Law School.[13]

[edit] Books

[edit] Articles

  • Explaining the American Norm Against Litigation, 93 California Law Review 1697 (2006).
  • Minimal Backups, Sys Admin, Apr. 2001.
  • Making a Wish: The Web-Interface Shell, Sys Admin, Jul. 2000.
  • How to Crawl Back Inside Your Shell, Sys Admin, Nov. 1999.
  • Securing Public Workstations, Windows NT Magazine, Sept. 1999.
  • Automating Repetitive Tasks in NT, Windows NT Magazine, May 1998.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Technology & Planning Organizational Website. Retrieved on July 29, 2007.
  2. ^ Authentication and Single Sign-on Using Java Technologies, Sun Products & Solutions. Retrieved on July 29, 2007.
  3. ^ Master of his Domain, Rumpus Magazine. Retrieved on July 29, 2007.
  4. ^ JSTL Specification. Retrieved on July 29, 2007.
  5. ^ JSP Specification. Retrieved on July 29, 2007.
  6. ^ JAX-RPC Specification. Retrieved on July 29, 2007.
  7. ^ JavaServer Faces Specification. Retrieved on July 29, 2007.
  8. ^ No Eclipse of Sun's Product, Business Line, March 31, 2004.
  9. ^ M2 Presswire, Manning Publications, October 31, 2001.
  10. ^ WebDevShare Prestige Award Announcement. Retrieved on July 29, 2007.
  11. ^ California Law Review 2005-06 Masthead. Retrieved on July 29, 2007.
  12. ^ Dean Stands in for Dean at Commencement, UC Berkeley Press Release. Retrieved on July 29, 2007.
  13. ^ a b c Shawn Bayern Faculty Biography, Duke University.