Edward C. Martin
Professor of Law and Director of Law School Technology
Cumberland School of Law
212 Robinson Hall
ecmartin@samford.edu
205-726-2416

Edward Martin joined the Cumberland School of Law faculty in 1983. As the director of law school technology, Martin has been a pioneer in the integration of the latest teaching technologies in the classrooms at Cumberland School of Law, as well as in the development and design of the law school's innovative online (distance) education curriculum.

Martin has been honored for his outstanding classroom teaching, and has received the Harvey S. Jackson Award for Excellence in Teaching numerous times. He teaches a variety of law courses in both the regular classroom as well as on-line class environments, including Torts, Damages, Products Liability, Professional Responsibility, Environmental Law and Cyberlaw.

Martin is also a CALI Remedies Fellow, where he has authored several lessons for the Computer Assisted Legal Instruction and participated in numerous presentations and speaking events pertaining to innovative uses of computers and technology in legal education.

Teaching & Research Interests

Torts, Products Liability, Professional Responsibility, Damages, Law and Technology

Practice Experience

  • Associate; Henry & McCord, Tullahoma, Tennessee, 1977-81
  • Solo Practitioner; Manchester, Tennessee, 1977
  • Clerk; Chief Justice Joseph W. Henry, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1975-77 

Degrees and Certifications

  • JD, University of Tennessee, 1975, research editor and assistant editor, Tennessee Law Review
  • Postgraduate Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Geology
  • Postgraduate Studies, Middle Tennessee State University, Chemistry and Physics
  • BS, University of Tennessee, Geology, 1970

Awards and Honors

  • Harvey S. Jackson Award for Excellence in Teaching, numerous years
  • CALI Remedies Fellow (2004)

Publications

  •  ChartaCourse complete digital coursebooks:
    • Martin Torts (2020-2025)
    • Martin Damages (2020-2025)
    • Martin Products Liability (2020-2025)
    • Martin Toxic Torts (2022)
    • Martin Equitable Remedies (2021)
  • Premises Liability Law and Practice (five volumes, Matthew Bender & Co., 1987 - 2025, with biannual supplements)
  • Personal Injury Damages: Law and Practice (John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1990)
  • Torts: Cases, Problems and Exercises, (Anderson Publ. Co., 6th ed. 2022), co-author with Russell Weaver, John Bauman, John Cross, Andrew Klein and Paul Zwier
  • Mastering Torts, 3rd Edition (Carolina Academic Press 2022), co-author with Russell Weaver, John Bauman, John Cross, Andrew Klein and Ronald Eades

Law Review Articles

  • "Alabama’s Extended Manufacturer’s Liability Doctrine," 13 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 903 (1990).
  • "Limiting Damages for Pain and Suffering: Arguments Pro and Con," 10 Am. J. Trial Advoc., 317 (1986)

Contributing Author in Other Legal Treatises

  • Automobile Accident Law and Practice, Keith Miller, editor (Matthew Bender Co. 1984)(4 volumes): Chapter 4, "Violation of Statutes, Regulations and Ordinances," and Chapter 18, "Weather and Road Conditions"
  • Comparative Negligence (Matthew Bender Co. 1984)(3 volumes): Chapter 4, "Effect of Comparative Negligence on Common-Law Concepts"
  • Personal Injury Actions, Defenses, Damages (Matthew Bender Co. 1984)(multi-volume treatise): individual Chapters entitled “Fences and Gates,” and “Food and Beverages"

Legal Books Edited

  • Tennessee Legal Research Handbook, by Lewis Laska (Hein Co. 1977).
Publications

Involvement

  • Assistant Professor of Law, Oral Roberts University, 1981-83