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 headshot]()
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
Scott C. Collins 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 Tallarita headshot]()
Roberto Tallarita
Assistant Professor of Law
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![Roberto Mangabeira Unger headshot]()
Roberto Mangabeira Unger
Roscoe Pound Professor of Law
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![Elizabeth Warren headshot]()
Elizabeth Warren
Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Emerita
Visiting Professors & Lecturers
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![Howard E. Abrams headshot]()
Howard E. Abrams
William K. Jacobs Visiting Professor of Law
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Antoinette Coakley
Lecturer on Law
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![Jacques de Werra headshot]()
Jacques de Werra
Visiting Professor of Law
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![Jessica Fjeld headshot]()
Jessica Fjeld
Lecturer on Law
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Havva Guney-Ruebenacker
Lecturer on Law
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![Rebecca Harris headshot]()
Rebecca Harris
Lecturer on Law
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![Oliver Hart headshot]()
Oliver Hart
Harvard University Affiliated Professor
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![Memme Onwudiwe headshot]()
Memme Onwudiwe
Lecturer on Law
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![Noel Roycroft headshot]()
Noel Roycroft
Lecturer on Law
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![Nana Sarian headshot]()
Nana Sarian
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 2024 Reading Group | Leah Plunkett |
| Bankruptcy | Fall 2023 Course | Mark Roe |
| Bankruptcy | Spring 2024 Course | Jared Ellias |
| Community Enterprise Project of the Transactional Law Clinics | Fall 2023 Clinic | Noel Roycroft |
| Community Enterprise Project of the Transactional Law Clinics | Spring 2024 Clinic | Brian Price |
| Consumer Protection Clinic | Spring 2024 Clinic | Roger Bertling |
| Consumer Protection Clinical Seminar | Fall 2023 Seminar | Alexa Rosenbloom, Roger Bertling |
| Contracts 1 | Fall 2023 Course | Ruth Okediji |
| Contracts 2 | Spring 2024 Course | Einer Elhauge |
| Contracts 3 | Fall 2023 Course | Oren Bar-Gill |