University of Miami - School of Law

Ben W.F. Depoorter
Associate Professor of Law
J.D. 1998, Ghent University, Belgium
M.A. 1999, University of Hamburg, Germany
Ph.D. 2003, Ghent University, Belgium
LL.M. 2004, Yale Law School
J.S.D. (Candidate), Yale Law School

Telephone: (305) 284-8574

Office: G385

Email: bdepoorter@law.miami.edu

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Ben Depoorter has a J.D. (1998) and Ph.D. in Law and Economics (2003) from Ghent University, a Masters in Law and Economics from the University of Hamburg (1999), and an LL.M. (2004) from Yale Law School, where he also is completing a J.S.D. (expected 2006). Prof. Depoorter received a Fulbright Scholarship in conjunction with his LL.M. studies at Yale, during which he also served as an editor of the of the Yale Journal of Regulation and conducted research as a John M. Olin Fellow in Law, Economics, and Public Policy.

Professor Depoorter's research focus is on the political economy of law, the role of litigation and settlements in society, and the impact of technological developments on legal change and intellectual property law. He has authored over twenty scholarly publications, including recent and forthcoming articles in Duke Law Journal, Oregon Law Review, Supreme Court Economic Review, International Review of Law and Economics, and the Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics. His recent essays include an analysis of the political supply of and demand for disaster management before and after hurricane Katrina, settlements and legal change, and an empirical assessment of social norm complications in copyright litigation.

Professor Depoorter taught at the University of Ghent and as a Visiting Professor at George Mason Law School in 2005-2006.