Stephen J. Ware
Professor of Law
Subjects: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy, Contracts I, Contracts
II (Sales), Payment Systems, Secured Transactions
Phone: 785-864-9209
E-mail: ware@ku.edu
Profile
Stephen Ware is the author of Principles of Alternative Dispute Resolution
(Thomson/West Concise Hornbook Series, 2d ed. 2007), Arbitration Law in America: A Critical Assessment
(Cambridge University Press, 2006), and dozens of articles in both scholarly and popular journals. A versatile
teacher, Professor Ware has taught at six law schools including the University of Kansas, the College of William & Mary,
the Ohio State University, the University of Alabama, Hamline University, and Samford University's Cumberland School of Law,
where he was a faculty member for ten years. In addition to teaching a wide variety of law school courses, Professor
Ware is a frequent speaker at academic conferences and Continuing Legal Education programs from coast-to-coast.
Representative Publications
A full list of publications is included on Professor Ware's Curriculum Vitae.
Research Interests
Alternative Dispute Resolution (arbitration, mediation,
negotiation), commercial law (including bankruptcy), and private law
generally.
Education
J.D., honors, University of Chicago Law School, 1990.
Editor, University of Chicago Law Review. Bradley Fellow. B.A.,
American History and Political Science, cum laude, 1987, University of Pennsylvania.
Admitted
New York, 1991.
Career History
Clerk, Judge J. Daniel Mahoney, United States Court of Appeals, 2d Circuit, 1990-1991;
Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York City, 1991-1993;
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor of Law, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, 1993-2003;
Visiting Professor of Law, College of William & Mary, Fall 1998; Visiting Professor of Law, Ohio State University, Fall 1999;
Visiting Professor of Law, University of Alabama, Summer 2001;
Visiting Professor of Law, University of Kansas, Summer 2002;
Professor of Law, University of Kansas, 2003 to the present.