Lisa Bernstein is a lawyer and law professor. She currently serves as the Wilson-Dickinson Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. Her work is in the field of law and economics and she is the co-editor of the textbook Customary Law and Economics.

Education

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In 1986, Bernstein earned a BA in economics from the University of Chicago, where she was Phi Beta Kappa, then a JD from Harvard Law School in 1990. At Harvard she was a John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economic, receiving a stipend and faculty mentorship to write a research paper in the field.[1] She credits this opportunity with launching her academic career, as the resulting paper distinguished her in the pool of applicants for her first academic post.[1]

Career

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Bernstein was on faculty at Boston University (beginning in 1991) and Georgetown University (beginning in 1995) before joining the University of Chicago faculty in 1998.[2] She is Wilson-Dickinson Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School.[3]

With Francesco Parisi, Bernstein edited Customary Law and Economics (Edward Elgar, 2014).

Publications

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  • Bernstein, Lisa (January 1992), "Opting out of the Legal System: Extralegal Contractual Relations in the Diamond Industry", The Journal of Legal Studies, 21 (1): 115–157, doi:10.1086/467902, S2CID 154616420

References

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  1. ^ a b Stern, Seth (August 16, 2010). "The Olin Advantage". Harvard Law Today. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "Lisa Bernstein | The Federalist Society". fedsoc.org. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "Lisa Bernstein". law.uchicago.edu. University of Chicago Law School. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
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  • Lectures on the "Myth of the Law Merchant”