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Faculty
Carol Docan, J.D.
Professor
Office telephone: (818) 677-2414
Faculty office: JH 3248
Email: carol.docan@csun.edu
J.D. (1973) Loyola University, School of Law; B.A. (1970) Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California State Bar (1973).
Carol Docan is a Professor of Business Law and former Chair of the Department. She is a recipient of the University Distinguished Teaching Award. Her professional experience is in commercial transactions, banking, family, and probate law. Her areas of research include, employment, trademark, family relations, consumer rights, communications, international business, and pedagogy. Professor Docan has served as a hearing examiner for the Los Angeles Police Commission and for the Los Angeles Board of Civil Service Commissioners, and as a Judge Pro Tem for the Los Angeles Judicial District. She also served as the President of the Pacific Southwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business.
Publications include:
Paul Baum, Carol Docan, and Leonard Rymsza, A Day at the Movies, JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CASE STUDIES, Vol. 10, (2004) .
Carol Docan, Linnea McCord, and Leonard Rymsza, The Uncertain World of Trademark Dilution, with Linnea McCord and Leonard Rymsza, JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS PRACTICE, GRAZIADIO BUSINESS REPORT, Vol. 7, (2004).
She Could Have Safely and Anonymously Surrendered Her Newborn Infant Under California Law -- Did She Know That?, JOURNAL OF LEGAL ADVOCARY and PRACTICE, Vol. 4, (2002).
Carol Docan: The Law and Women’s Issues: Constitutional, Employment and Health Law (West Educational Publishing Company, 1998).
Carol Docan, Japanese Business Managers Learn American Business Law: Differences and Changes, International Business Association (Referred Proceedings, 1995).
Carol Docan & Melanie Havens (Williams), Student Notebook: Outlines, Hints and Strategies for Use with Irwin’s Business Law, (Irwin, 1994).
Carol Docan, Risk and Responsibility: The Working Woman Makes the Choice, Not the Employer, MEDICAL TRIAL TECHNIQUE QUARTERLY (1991).
Carol Docan, Quick and Easy Ideas to Help Students Become Better Writers and Thinkers, Pacific Southwest Business Law Association (Selected Proceedings, 1991).
Carol Docan, Attention Female Applicants: If You Are a Fertile Woman, You Cannot Work Here – or Maybe You Can, MEDICAL TRIAL TECHNIQUE QUARTERLY (1990).
Carol Docan, Are Foreign Corporations Required to Comply with American Employment Discriminations Law?, WOMEN LAWYERS JOURNAL, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS (1984).
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