معرفی
Daniel Klerman is the Edward G. Lewis Chair in Law and History at USC Gould School of Law, where he serves as Director of the Center of Law & Social Science (CLASS). He teaches Civil Procedure, Property, Concepts in American Law, and English Legal History, and was honored with the Student Bar Association Faculty Appreciation Award in 2014 for his outstanding teaching.
Klerman's scholarly work bridges legal history and law and economics, focusing on civil procedure, English legal history, and the economic analysis of legal institutions. His research examines how legal systems evolve, how litigation and settlement function across different jurisdictions, and the historical development of common law institutions. He has made significant contributions to understanding jurisdictional competition, forum shopping, and the selection effects in litigation.
His work demonstrates a consistent pattern of integrating historical analysis with rigorous economic modeling, particularly in examining how reputation mechanisms function in legal markets and how historical legal developments can inform contemporary legal problems. Klerman's scholarship often employs empirical methods to test theoretical propositions about legal institutions and their evolution.
- Sutherland Prize from the American Society for Legal History (2004)
- David Yale Prize from the Selden Society (2001)
- Student Bar Association Faculty Appreciation Award (2014)
Klerman has held significant leadership roles in the academic legal community, serving as co-president of the Society for Empirical Legal Studies (2008-09) and on the Board of Directors of the American Law & Economics Association (2009-2012). He is a founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Law & Empirical Analysis and serves on the editorial boards of Law & History Review and the Journal of Legal Analysis. As a member of the American Law Institute, he contributes to the development of legal principles. His extensive visiting professorships at institutions including Harvard, Stanford, Chicago, and international universities demonstrate his scholarly prominence.
As Director of the Center of Law & Social Science, Klerman leads interdisciplinary research initiatives that connect legal scholarship with social science methodologies, fostering empirical approaches to legal questions across multiple domains of law.
