Biography

Temple University - Law

Professor at Temple University
Law Practice
Samuel
Hodge
Southampton, Pennsylvania
Samuel D. Hodge, Jr. is a professor at Temple University where he teaches both law and anatomy. He also serves as a meditator/neutral arbitrator with the Dispute Resolution Institute. Sam has been named one of the most popular continuing legal education instructors in the country and he lectures frequently to attorneys, judges, physicians and governmental agencies on medical/legal issues. He has received multiple teaching awards including being named a Temple University Great Teacher and his Anatomy for Lawyers course was the recipient of the ACLEA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Continuing Legal Education. Sam’s interactive teaching style has received national media attention including stories in The New York Times, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Philadelphia Inquirer, National Public Radio and television.

He is also a skilled litigator who enjoys an AV preeminent rating and has been named a Top Lawyer in Pennsylvania on multiple occasions. Sam is the co-author of The Spine, ABA (2013), Clinical Anatomy for Attorneys, ABA (2012), and the award winning book, Anatomy for Litigators, ALI-ABA (2007). He also wrote Law for the Business Enterprise, McGraw Hill (2018), Law in American Society, McGraw Hill (2015), and Thermography and Personal Injury Litigation, Wiley Law (1987). He has co-authored several of the annual supplements to Orthopedic Disability and Expert Testimony, Wiley Law, and has written chapters in litigation texts on how to examine and cross-examine the medical expert. Other writing endeavors include the authoring of over 160 articles in a variety of medical and legal journals. His research has been cited in court opinions, books, articles and in legislation. Professor Hodge is a graduate of Temple University Beasley School of Law and the Graduate Division of the Law School. He is a member of the American College of Legal Medicine and the American Association of Anatomists.