Stephen Ware is the Frank Edwards Tyler Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. At KU Law, Ware teaches Contracts, Commercial Law: Secured Transactions, Bankruptcy, and Alternative Dispute Resolution. He writes in those areas, and has also published extensively on Arbitration and Judicial Selection. He is the author of four books, 44 law review articles and many other publications. His writings have been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court and in at least 32 other federal and state cases.
Stephen Ware blogs on judicial selection, alternative dispute resolution (arbitration, mediation, negotiation). His other scholarly interests include, commercial law (including bankruptcy), and private law generally. A versatile teacher, he has taught at six law schools, including Samford University's Cumberland School of Law, where he was a faculty member for 10 years before joining KU in 2003.
Outside the classroom, Steve Ware actively helps KU Law students as the coach of the KU Law bankruptcy moot court team and faculty adviser to the KU Law chapter of the Federalist Society.
Ware has testified before the United States Senate and House of Representatives, several states' legislatures and, as an expert witness, in court. He is a frequent speaker at academic conferences, continuing legal education programs and other events. He has appeared on several television and radio stations and been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, National Law Journal and many other news outlets. He is a member of the American Law Institute (ALI), and served on the Journal of Legal Education’s editorial board from 2016 to 2019.
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Stephen Ware blogs on judicial selection, alternative dispute resolution (arbitration, mediation, negotiation). His other scholarly interests include, commercial law (including bankruptcy), and private law generally. A versatile teacher, he has taught at six law schools, including Samford University's Cumberland School of Law, where he was a faculty member for 10 years before joining KU in 2003.
Outside the classroom, Steve Ware actively helps KU Law students as the coach of the KU Law bankruptcy moot court team and faculty adviser to the KU Law chapter of the Federalist Society.
Ware has testified before the United States Senate and House of Representatives, several states' legislatures and, as an expert witness, in court. He is a frequent speaker at academic conferences, continuing legal education programs and other events. He has appeared on several television and radio stations and been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, National Law Journal and many other news outlets. He is a member of the American Law Institute (ALI), and served on the Journal of Legal Education’s editorial board from 2016 to 2019.
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