J.D., Harvard Law School, 1998
B.A., Indiana University, 1995
Professor Douglas Kysar is Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School where he has taught since 2008 after having previously been on the faculty at Cornell Law School. At Yale, he holds courtesy appointments in the School of the Environment and the School of Management, and he serves as the faculty director of the Law, Environment and Animals Program. His teaching and research areas include torts, environmental law, climate change, animal law, products liability, and risk regulation. He received his B.A. summa cum laude from Indiana University in 1995 and his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1998. Following law school, he clerked for the Honorable William G. Young of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and practiced with the law firm of Foley Hoag LLP in Boston, Massachusetts. He has lectured widely around the world and has served as a distinguished visiting faculty member at numerous institutions, including the National University of Singapore, the London School of Economics, Harvard University, New York University, and Hong Kong University.
