On Wednesday, October 26, 2005 The Civil Society Institute and SCU School of Law present Marcus Cole, Professor of Law and Associate Dean at Stanford Law School. He will speak on “The Social Costs of Behavioral Law” from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. in the California Mission Room (formerly The Brass Rail) in the Benson Memorial Center at Santa Clara University
Marcus Cole is Professor Law, the Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar, and Associate Dean at Stanford law School. Professor Cole received a B.S. in 1989 from Cornell University and a J.D. in 1993 from Northwestern University, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Northwestern Journal of International law and Business. Professor Cole served as law Clerk to Judge Morris Sheppard Arnold of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and practiced law with the Chicago law firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt. He joined the faculty at Stanford in 1997, where he teaches bankruptcy, contracts, venture capital, and other commercial law courses. Professor Cole has published articles on various topics ranging from bankruptcy law to the law and economics of venture capital investment. Professor Cole has filed briefs as amicus curiae in bankruptcy and school voucher cases, is a member of the editorial board of the CATO SUPREME COURT REVIEW, published by the Cato Institute, and frequently serves as a consultant on director and officer liability with regard to “zone of insolvency” issues.
