Robert W. Gordon

Chancellor Kent Professor Emeritus of Law and Legal History


Robert Gordon is the Chancellor Kent Professor Emeritus of Law and Legal History at Yale Law School. His subject areas are contracts, American legal history, evidence, the legal profession, and law and globalization.

FULL BIOGRAPHY
Robert Gordon

Contact Information



Faculty Assistant


Rosanna Gonsiewski

Education & Curriculum Vitae


J.D., Harvard Law School, 1971

A.B., Harvard University, 1967

Courses Taught


  • Contracts
  • The American Legal Profession
  • American Legal History, 1880-1980

Robert Gordon is the Chancellor Kent Professor Emeritus of Law and Legal History at Yale Law School. His subject areas are contracts, American legal history, evidence, the legal profession, and law and globalization. Prior to coming to Yale, he taught at The University of Wisconsin and Stanford. Professor Gordon has an A.B. and J.D. from Harvard.