[2] Dodge was born in Nigeria, where his parents were stationed while serving in the Peace Corps.
Shortly after he was born, his family returned to the Marin Headlands in Northern California, where Dodge spent the remainder of his childhood.
In 2011 and 2012, Dodge served as an international law counselor to the legal adviser of the Department of State, Harold Hongju Koh.
[4] Dodge served as acting associate academic dean and professor at University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
His article "The Historical Origins of the Alien Tort Statute: A Response to the Originalists" in the Hastings Law Journal has been cited 168 times.