Roberta Romano
Sterling Professor of Law and Director, Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law
(on leave, spring 2023)
Roberta Romano is Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School and Director of the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law. Her research has focused on state competition for corporate charters, the political economy of takeover regulation, shareholder litigation, institutional investor activism in corporate governance and the regulation of securities markets and financial instruments and institutions.
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Contact Information
- Room 213
- 203-432-4965
- roberta.romano@yale.edu
Faculty Assistant
Patricia Florio
- J25
- 203-432-0164
- patricia.florio@yale.edu
Education & Curriculum Vitae
J.D., Yale Law School, 1980
M.A., University of Chicago, 1975
B.A., University of Rochester, 1973
Courses Taught
- Business Organizations
- Applied Corporate Finance
- Colloquium on Contemporary Issues in Law and Business
- Law, Economics, and Organization
Roberta Romano is Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School and Director of the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law. Her research has focused on state competition for corporate charters, the political economy of takeover regulation, shareholder litigation, institutional investor activism in corporate governance and the regulation of securities markets and financial instruments and institutions. Professor Romano is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the European Corporate Governance Institute, a research associate of the National Bureau for Economic Research, a past President of the American Law and Economics Association and the Society for Empirical Legal Studies, and a past co-editor of the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization. She is a recipient of the American Law and Economic Association’s Ronald H. Coase Medal, which is awarded in recognition of major contributions to the field of law and economics, and William & Mary Law School’s Marshall-Wythe Medallion, which recognizes those who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishment in law. Professor Romano is the author of The Genius of American Corporate Law (1993) and The Advantage of Competitive Federalism for Securities Regulation (2002), editor of Foundations of Corporate Law, 2d ed. (2010) and co-editor with Shen Wei, of Financial Regulation After the Global Financial Crisis: U.S. and China Perspectives (2017) (in Chinese).
Monday, October 25, 2021
Professor Roberta Romano ’80 Receives 2020 Ronald H. Coase Medal
Sterling Professor of Law and Director of the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law Roberta Romano ’80 has been awarded the 2020 Ronald H. Coase Medal by the American Law and Economics Association.
Monday, January 7, 2019
A Jewel in the Law School’s Crown
The Yale Law Report looked back at the last 20 years of the Center for the Study of Corporate Law.
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Senator Warren’s Bizarro Corporate Governance
Economics21
Sterling Professor of Law Roberta Romano ’80 is quoted and Ralph Winter ’60 is cited in an article on Senator Elizabeth Warren’s legislation on corporate governance. The article was written by James Copland ’03.
Thursday, June 21, 2018
How to Regulate During a Financial Crisis
The Regulatory Review
Scholarship by Sterling Professor of Law Roberta Romano ’80 is discussed.
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Professor Romano ’80 Receives Highest Honor from William & Mary Law School
Roberta Romano ’80, Sterling Professor of Law and Director of the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law, received the 2017–2018 Marshall-Wythe Medallion from William & Mary Law School.
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Professor Hansmann ’74 Receives 2018 Baldwin Award
Henry B. Hansmann '74, Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law, was the 2018 recipient of the Simeon E. Baldwin Award from the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law.
Friday, February 24, 2017
Roundtable to Examine Future of Finance and Capital Markets
Jerome Powell, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, will deliver the keynote address on March 3, 2017 at the Weil, Gotshal & Manges Roundtable at Yale Law School on “Blockchain: The Future of Finance and Capital Markets?,” organized by the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law. Blockchain is a technology that enables the creation of a distributed ledger in which transactions are encrypted and recorded chronologically.
Monday, November 10, 2014
Dodd-Frank’s Regulatory Morass—A Commentary by Roberta Romano ’80
RegBlog
Roberta Romano ’80 is Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School and director of the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law.
Friday, May 16, 2014
Accelerated JD-MBA Degree Program Turns Five
The three-year JD-MBA degree, a joint program of the Law School and the Yale School of Management, graduated its fifth class in May 2014.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Inaugural Craig Wasserman ’86/ Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Alumni Breakfast Held Oct. 17
The inaugural Craig Wasserman '86/ Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz corporate law breakfast program for alumni was held on October 17 in New York City.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Roberta Romano ’80 Appointed Sterling Professor of Law; Henry Hansmann ’74 Named Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law
Roberta Romano ’80 has been named a Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School, and Henry Hansmann ’74 has been named the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Judge Ralph Winter ’60 Receives Simeon E. Baldwin Award
Judge Ralph Winter '60 with the 2008 Simeon E. Baldwin Award.