Lisa Bernstein is a lawyer and law professor. She currently serves as the Wilson-Dickinson Professor of Law at the

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. Her work is in the field of law and economics and she is the co-editor of the textbook ''Customary Law and Economics.''

Education

In 1986, Bernstein earned a BA in economics from the

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, where she was

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, then a JD from

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in 1990. At Harvard she was a

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Fellow in Law and Economic, receiving a stipend and faculty mentorship to write a research paper in the field. She credits this opportunity with launching her academic career, as the resulting paper distinguished her in the pool of applicants for her first academic post.

Career

Bernstein was on faculty at

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(beginning in 1991) and

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(beginning in 1995) before joining the

faculty in 1998. She is Wilson-Dickinson Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. With Francesco Parisi, Bernstein edited ''Customary Law and Economics'' (

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, 2014).

Publications

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References

External links

Lectures
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