Stephen J. Ware

Stephen Ware is the Frank Edwards Tyler Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Kansas. He is the author of four books, 49 law review articles and many other publications. His writings have been cited by the Supreme Court of the United States and in at least 35 other federal and state cases. Ware teaches and writes on Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Contracts, Commercial Law, and Bankruptcy. He has also written extensively on judicial selection, especially with respect to state courts. A versatile teacher, he has taught at six law schools, including Samford University's Cumberland School of Law, where he was a faculty member for 10 years before joining KU in 2003.

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.