Christopher R. Drahozal
John M. Rounds Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research & Faculty DevelopmentSubjects: Contracts, Commercial Arbitration, Commercial Law
Phone: 785-864-9239 E-mail: drahozal@ku.edu
Profile
Chris Drahozal is an internationally known scholar whose writing focuses on the law and economics of dispute resolution, particularly arbitration. He is the author of multiple books and numerous articles on commercial arbitration, and has taught and given presentations on the subject in Europe and the United States. He is serving as an Associate Reporter for the ALI's Restatement (Third) of the U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration and as chair of the Consumer Arbitration Task Force of the Searle Civil Justice Institute. Professor Drahozal also is a well-respected teacher and received the Immel Award for Teaching Excellence in 2004. Prior to coming to KU, Professor Drahozal practiced law with Sidley & Austin in Washington, D.C., and served as a law clerk for Chief Judge Charles Clark of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Justice Byron R. White of the United States Supreme Court, and Judge George H. Aldrich of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Representative Publications
"The Iran-United States Claims Tribunal at 25" (Oxford University Press) (with Chris Gibson) (2007); "Commercial Arbitration: Cases and Problems" (Lexis Nexis Publishing) (2d ed. 2006); "Economic Analysis for Lawyers" (Carolina Academic Press) (with Henry Butler) (2d ed. 2006); "Towards a Science of International Arbitration: Collected Empirical Research" (Kluwer Law International) (with R. Naimark) (2005); "The Supremacy Clause" (Praeger Publishers) (2004); "Is There a Flight from Arbitration?," 37 Hofstra L. Rev. 71 (2008) (with Quentin Wittrock); "Arbitration Costs and Contingent Fee Contracts," 59 Vanderbilt Law Review 729 (2006); "Contracting Out of National Law: An Empirical Look at the New Law Merchant," 80 Notre Dame Law Review 523 (2005); "A Behavioral Analysis of Private Judging," 67 Law & Contemporary Problems 105 (2004); "Regulatory Competition and the Location of International Arbitration Proceedings," 24 International Review of Law & Economics 371 (2004); "Federal Arbitration Act Preemption," 79 Indiana Law Journal 393 (2004); "The Economics of Litigation and Arbitration: An Application to Franchise Contracts," 32 Journal of Legal Studies 549 (with K. Hylton) (2003).
Research Interests
Arbitration, dispute resolution, federalism.
Education
J.D., Iowa, 1986, Articles Editor, Iowa Law Review; B.A., Washington University, 1983.
Admitted
D.C. 1988
Career History
Clerk, Chief Judge Charles Clark, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 1986-87; Associate, Arnold & Porter, DC, 1987-88; Clerk, Justice Byron R. White, U.S. Supreme Court, 1988-89; Clerk, George H. Aldrich, Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1989-91; Associate, Sidley & Austin, DC, 1991-94; Visiting Associate Professor, Kansas 1994-95; Associate Professor, 1995-2000; Professor, 2000-2006; John M. Rounds Professor since 2006; Consortium Professor, London 2001.
Member
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; American Law Institute; American Law & Economics Association; Academic Council, Institute for Transnational Arbitration; Editorial Board, World Arbitration and Mediation Review; Advisory Board, Institute for Arbitration Law & Practice, Penn State Dickinson School of Law.
