Welcome

      Pierre Schlag is the Byron R. White Professor at the University of Colorado Law School where he teaches constitutional law, torts, jurisprudence, as well a variety of seminars on selected topics such as legal ethics, contemporary theory, and power.  Since entering the legal academy, Professor Schlag has written extensively in a wide array of fields including constitutional  interpretation, freedom of speech, law and economics, the aesthetics of law, and legal form.   He is particularly interested in “the culture of legal thought”— the patterned forms through which legal thinkers apprehend and represent social, political, and legal problems.
      In addition to his four books, Professor Schlag has published numerous articles and essays, appearing in the Harvard, Stanford, Michigan, Columbia, California, Pennsylvania, NYU, Texas, UCLA, Southern California, and other law reviews.  He has lectured at numerous universities and conferences in North America and Europe.   
      Prior to entering the legal academy, Professor Schlag practiced law for three years with the Washington, D.C. firm of Covington & Burlington where he worked on tax law, antitrust, and a wide variety of constitutional law pro bono matters.   Immediately prior to his work as a lawyer, Professor Schlag studied EEC Competition Law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Professor Schlag is currently serving as Associate Dean for Research and is at work on two book projects.