Northwestern University, Law School and Kellogg School of Management
375 East Chicago Ave.
Chicago
ILUSA
60611
Email:
bblack@northwestern.edu
Biographical Sketch: Bernard S. Black is Nicholas D. Chabraja Professor at Northwestern University, with appointments in the School of Law and the Kellogg School of Management, and Faculty Associate at Northwestern’s Institute for Policy Research. He is also managing director of the Social Science Research Network, and founding chairman of the annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies. Professor Black received a B.A. from Princeton University, an M.A. in physics from University of California at Berkeley and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. His principal research areas include health policy and medical malpractice, law and finance, international corporate governance, , and corporate and securities law. His books include To Sue is Human: A Profile of Medical Malpractice Litigation (forthcoming 2011). His academic articles are available at http://ssrn.com/author=16042.