Douglas G. Baird
Harry A. Bigelow Distinguished Service Professor of Law
1111 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
phone: 773-702-9571
email: douglas_baird@law.uchicago.edu

Douglas Baird graduated from Stanford Law School in 1979. At Stanford he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as the managing editor of the Stanford Law Review. He received his B.A. in English summa cum laude from Yale College in 1975. Before joining the faculty in 1980, he was a law clerk to Judge Shirley M. Hufstedler and Judge Dorothy W. Nelson, both of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Mr. Baird served as Dean of the Law School from 1994-1999. His research and teaching interests focus on corporate reorganizations and contracts.

Born: 1953.
Education: B.A., 1975, Yale College; J.D., 1979, Stanford University.