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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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
John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics
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Einer R. Elhauge
Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Law
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Jared Ellias
Scott C. Collins Professor of Law
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Duncan M. Kennedy
Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, Emeritus
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Randall L. Kennedy
Michael R. Klein Professor of Law
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Ruth L. Okediji
Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law
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Mariana Pargendler
Beneficial Professor of Law
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Todd D. Rakoff
Byrne Professor of Administrative Law
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Steven M. Shavell
Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law and Economics
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Roberto Tallarita
Assistant Professor of Law
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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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Mehrsa Baradaran
Robert Braucher Visiting Professor of Law
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Antoinette Coakley
Lecturer on Law
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Havva Guney-Ruebenacker
Lecturer on Law
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Carmen Halford
Lecturer on Law
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Rebecca Harris
Lecturer on Law
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Oliver Hart
Harvard University Affiliated Professor
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Elizabeth King
Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law
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Memme Onwudiwe
Lecturer on Law
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Noel Roycroft
Lecturer on Law
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Nana Sarian
Lecturer on Law
Clinics
Research Programs and Centers
Related Courses
Course | Term | Instructor(s) |
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Access to Justice in the Digital World | Spring 2025 Reading Group | Leah Plunkett |
Bankruptcy | Fall 2024 Course | Mark Roe |
Bankruptcy | Spring 2025 Course | Jared Ellias |
Commercial Law: Secured Transactions | Fall 2024 Course | Melissa Jacoby |
Consumer Protection Clinic | Fall 2024 Clinic | Roger Bertling |
Consumer Protection Clinic | Spring 2025 Clinic | Roger Bertling |
Consumer Protection Clinical Seminar | Fall 2024 Seminar | Alexa Rosenbloom, Roger Bertling |
Contracts 1 | Fall 2024 Course | Ruth Okediji |
Contracts 2 | Fall 2024 Course | Einer Elhauge |
Contracts 3 | Fall 2024 Course | John Coates |