Michael I. Krauss

Michael Ian Krauss (born April 21, 1951) is Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law, an American legal scholar and expert on tort law, products liability, jurisprudence and legal ethics. He is faculty advisor to George Mason's Federalist Society chapter, and lectures frequently at FS chapters across the country. During the Spring semester of 2010, Krauss was on leave at the University of Haifa, Princeton University (as a [1] [Madison Program Fellow]) and the Université de Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) teaching tort theory and completing a treatise on Products Liability (published by West in November 2010).

Krauss is also of Counsel to the Clearspire Law Firm, a pathbreaking effort to create a new and more ethical paradigm of legal practice.

Born in New York City and raised in Canada, Krauss holds a B.A. from Carleton University, an LL.B. from l'Université de Sherbrooke, and an LL.M. from Yale Law School. He was hired as clerk to the Hon. Louis-Philippe Pigeon of Canada's Supreme Court. In 1981 Krauss completed his doctoral residency as Columbia University's Law and Economics Fellow. He practiced corporate law in Québec City before becoming a law professor. He has taught at law schools in French Canada, English Canada, the United States, France, Israel and Guatemala. He has also served as a Commissioner for Québec's Human Rights Commission. Krauss was elected to the [2] [American Law Institute] in 2008. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the National Association of Scholars. He resides in Potomac, Maryland with his wife, Cynthia Conner, a vice president of the American Health Lawyers Association. They are the parents of Rebecca Krauss (a 2010 graduate of Yale Law School and currently a clerk for Justice Antonin Scalia of the United States Supreme Court) and Joshua Krauss (a 2008 Graduate of the University of Maryland and currently a First Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps). He has published widely in law reviews, magazines and newspapers, and is the author of four books, including (co-authored) the first and second editions of Legal Ethics in a Nutshell. He speaks to over a dozen student groups, across the nation, each year.

Krauss won George Mason University's "Teacher of the Year" award the first year it was attributed. The award may not be won twice by the same professor.

Krauss's younger brother, Lawrence, is a professor of Physics at Arizona State University.

References

George Mason University bio

External links

• Krauss's home page

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