Stephen J. Ware

Stephen Ware is the Frank Edwards Tyler Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Kansas. He is the author of five books, 60 journal articles, and many other publications. His writings have been cited by the Supreme Court of the United States and in at least 37 other federal and state cases. Ware teaches and writes on:

- Arbitration, Mediation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution,

- Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Debt Collection,

- Contracts and Commercial Law, and

- Judicial Selection,

each with an international or comparative dimension. An experienced teacher of lawyering skills exercises in which student groups negotiate, mediate, and draft legal documents, Professor Ware takes this approach in his Transnational Dispute Resolution course, which he has customized for universities from Beijing to Istanbul to Kansas.

Ware has testified before the United States Senate and House of Representatives, state legislatures and, as an expert witness, in court. He is a frequent speaker at academic and professional conferences—having given such presentations throughout the U.S. and in several other countries. He has appeared on several television and radio stations and been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, National Law Journal and many other news outlets. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute (ALI) and has served, at various times in his career, on the editorial board of the Journal of Legal Education and as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.