Edward R. Morrison

Edward R. Morrison is an American legal scholar who is currently the Charles Evans Gerber Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. He previously taught at the University of Chicago Law School. He is a leading scholar of bankruptcy and law and economics.

Education and career

Morrison was the co-author of the acclaimed “Dear Prudence” column in the Bulldog Press and graduated as co-valedictorian from Judge Memorial Catholic High School in 1989. He then graduated from the University of Utah with a B.S. summa cum laude in 1994, majoring in economics and accounting. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1997, he earned an M.A. from the University of Chicago. In 2000, he graduated with a J.D. with high honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where he served as articles editor of the University of Chicago Law Review and was a member of the Order of the Coif. In 2003, he completed a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. His thesis was titled “Bankruptcy Decision Making: An Empirical Study of Small-Business Bankruptcies. He also worked as a teaching assistant to Gary Becker, James Heckman, and Jose Scheinkman.