Harvard Law School
Address: Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: (617) 495-3668
Fax: (617) 496-2256
E-mail: Shavell@law.harvard.edu
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Address: 65 Shattuck Rd., Watertown, MA 02472
Telephone: (617) 926-7007
Education
1977-1978 Liberal Arts Fellow, Harvard Law School
1970-1973 Ph.D., Economics, M.I.T.
1964-1968 A.B., Mathematics, A.B. Economics, University of Michigan
Academic and Employment History
2000-present Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law and Economics, Harvard Law School
1985-present Director, John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business, Harvard Law School
1980-present Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
1980-2006 Director/Co-Director, Law and Economics Program, National Bureau of Economic Research
1999 (Fall) Visiting Professor, New York University Law School
1984-1985 Visiting Professor, University of Chicago Law School
1982-2000 Professor of Law and Economics, Harvard Law School
1980-1982 Assistant Professor of Law and Economics, Harvard Law School
1979-1980 Associate Professor of Economics, Harvard University
1974-1979 Assistant Professor of Economics, Harvard University
1973-1974 Assistant Professor of Economics, Boston College
1968-1970 Lt., j. g., U. S. Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control
Editorial and Public Service Positions
2008-present Co-Editor, Journal of Legal Analysis
2006-present Member, Board of Advisors, Joseph von Sonnenfels Center for the Study of Public Law and Economics, University of Vienna
2005-present Co-Editor, American Law and Economics Review
2005-present Member, Advisory Board, Journal of Tort Law
2005-present Member, Advisory Board, Intellectual Property Institute, University of Richmond
2003-present Faculty Associate, Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences, Harvard University
2003-present Member, Board of Faculty Advisors, Journal of Law, Economics and Policy
2001-present Member, Board of Advisors, Center for Law, Economics, and Financial Institutions, Copenhagen Business School
1999-present Member, Board of Editors, Encyclopedia of Law and Economics
1990-present Member, Board of Editors, Research in Law and Economics
1989-present Member, Board of Editors, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization
1987-present Member, Board of Editors, International Review of Law and Economics
1990-present Associate Editor, Geneva Risk and Insurance Review
2001-2002 President, American Law and Economics Association
1999-2005 Member, Board of Editors, American Law and Economics Review
1990-1994 Member, Board of Directors, American Law and Economics Association
1986-1990 Consultant to American Law Institute, Project on Compensation and Liability for Product and Process Injuries
1987-1989 Consultant to United States Sentencing Commission
1985-1988 Member, Board of Editors, American Economic Review
1985-1986 Member, National Science Foundation panel awarding grants in law and social sciences
Honors and Fellowships
2002 Elected as member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1988 Elected as Fellow of the Econometric Society
1983-1984 Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
1979 Liberty Fund Summer Fellow in Law and Economics
1977-1978 Liberal Arts Fellow in Economics, Harvard Law School
1977-1978 National Science Foundation National Needs Postdoctoral Research Fellow
1970-1973 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
1968 Phi Beta Kappa
1968 Honorary Woodrow Wilson Fellow
Teaching Experience
At Harvard Law School: analytical methods for lawyers; microeconomics and public policy; economic analysis of law; quantitative analysis; seminars on various subjects. At the Department of Economics at Harvard University: law and economics; microeconomic theory; decision analysis; nonlinear programming. At programs for judges: economic analysis of law.