Contracts regulate transactions ranging from cell phone plans to corporate mergers. They are the main means by which people and firms do business with each other and more generally enable us to use agreements to define rights and obligations that we owe to one another. At Harvard Law School, students have the opportunity to become expert in the legal rules and principles that determine how contracts are formed, interpreted and enforced, as well as larger questions of the proper aims and role of contract law in our legal system.
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Profiles
Fried shares expertise on life’s contracts
Faculty
HLS Professors
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Oren Bar-Gill
William J. Friedman and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor of Law and Economics
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Scott Brewer
Professor of Law
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![John C. Coates headshot]()
John C. Coates
John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics
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![Einer R. Elhauge headshot]()
Einer R. Elhauge
Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Law
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![Jared Ellias headshot]()
Jared Ellias
Professor of Law
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![Duncan M. Kennedy headshot]()
Duncan M. Kennedy
Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, Emeritus
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![Randall L. Kennedy headshot]()
Randall L. Kennedy
Michael R. Klein Professor of Law
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![Ruth L. Okediji headshot]()
Ruth L. Okediji
Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law
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![Todd D. Rakoff headshot]()
Todd D. Rakoff
Byrne Professor of Administrative Law
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![Steven M. Shavell headshot]()
Steven M. Shavell
Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law and Economics
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![Roberto Mangabeira Unger headshot]()
Roberto Mangabeira Unger
Roscoe Pound Professor of Law
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Elizabeth Warren
Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Emerita
Visiting Professors & Lecturers
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Howard E. Abrams
William K. Jacobs Visiting Professor of Law
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![Jessica Fjeld headshot]()
Jessica Fjeld
Lecturer on Law
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![Rebecca Harris headshot]()
Rebecca Harris
Lecturer on Law
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![Caitlin Millat headshot]()
Caitlin Millat
Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law
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![Crescente Molina headshot]()
Crescente Molina
Lecturer on Law
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![Memme Onwudiwe headshot]()
Memme Onwudiwe
Lecturer on Law
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![Mariana Pargendler headshot]()
Mariana Pargendler
Sullivan & Cromwell Visiting Professor of Law
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![Caley Petrucci headshot]()
Caley Petrucci
Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law
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Sarath Sanga
William Nelson Cromwell Visiting Professor of Law
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Nana Sarian
Lecturer on Law
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![Alexander Stremitzer headshot]()
Alexander Stremitzer
Robert Braucher Visiting Professor of Law
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![Roberto Tallarita headshot]()
Roberto Tallarita
Lecturer on Law
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![Alain Laurent Verbeke headshot]()
Alain Laurent Verbeke
Visiting Professor of Law
Clinics
Cyberlaw Clinic
Sports Law Clinic
Transactional Law Clinics
Research Programs and Centers
Related Courses
| Course | Term | Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Access to Justice in the Digital World | Spring 2023 Reading Group | Leah Plunkett |
| Advanced Topics in Contracts: Third Parties | Spring 2023 Seminar | Jed Lewinsohn |
| Bankruptcy | Fall 2022 Course | Mark Roe |
| Bankruptcy | Spring 2023 Course | Jared Ellias |
| Contract Design | Winter 2023 Course | Alexander Stremitzer |
| Contract Design: Theory and Practice | Fall 2022 Seminar | Mariana Pargendler |
| Contractual Interpretation | Spring 2023 Reading Group | Crescente Molina |
| Cyberlaw Clinic | Spring 2023 Clinic | Christopher Bavitz |
| Cyberlaw Clinic | Fall 2022 Clinic | Christopher Bavitz |
| Cyberlaw Clinic Seminar | Fall 2022 Course | Christopher Bavitz, Jessica Fjeld, Mason Kortz |