Richard Brooks

Florence Rogatz Visiting Professor of Law (fall term), Professor (Adjunct) of Law (spring term), and Senior Research Scholar in Law


Richard Brooks is a Florence Rogatz Visiting Professor of Law, Professor (Adjunct) of Law, and Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School. He previously taught law at both Cornell University and Northwestern University.

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Richard Brooks

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Faculty Assistant


Cina Santos

Education & Curriculum Vitae


J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1998

Ph.D. (Economics), University of California, Berkeley, 1998

M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1996

B.A., Cornell University, 1988

Courses Taught


  • Contracts
  • Business Organizations
  • Agents and Fiduciaries
  • Advanced Contracts
  • Fiduciary Law
  • Introduction to Microeconomic Theory for Law Students
  • Law and Economics
  • Private Law Remedies: Theory, Law and Practice
  • Proving Discrimination
  • Seminar in Private Law
  • Property Law

Richard Brooks is a Florence Rogatz Visiting Professor of Law, Professor (Adjunct) of Law, and Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School. He previously taught law at both Cornell University and Northwestern University. His expertise is in contracts, organizations, culture, and law and economics. Professor Brooks has a B.A. from Cornell, an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, and a J.D. from the University of Chicago.