Robert C. Ellickson has been Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property and Urban Law at Yale Law School since 1988. He formerly was a member of the law faculties at USC and Stanford. His major research interests are property, land use, housing, and urban history.  He also is a veteran teacher of Torts. Professor Ellickson’s books include Order Without Law (awarded the Order of the Coif Triennial Book Award in 1996), Land Use Controls: Cases and Materials (with Vicki L. Been), and Perspectives on Property Law (with Carol M. Rose and Bruce A. Ackerman). He has also published numerous articles in legal and public policy journals. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Professor Ellickson received his A.B. from Oberlin College and his LL.B. from Yale.

Education
LL.B., Yale, 1966
A.B., Oberlin, 1963

Courses Taught
Land Use
Property
Torts