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Raoul Berger Professor of Law Emeritus, Northwestern School of Law

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Portrait of Stephen Presser, Faculty at the Kellogg School of Management
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Stephen Presser is a leading American legal historian and expert on shareholder liability for corporate debts. He is frequently an invited witness before committees of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on issues of constitutional law. He holds a joint appointment with the Kellogg School of Management and also teaches in Northwestern's history department.

About Stephen
Research interests
  • American legal history
  • shareholder liability for corporate debts
Teaching interests
  • Business law
  • law and the manager
  • J.D., 1971, Harvard University, Magna Cum Laude
    A.B., 1968, Harvard University, Cum Laude
  • Associate Research Scholar, University of London, Institute of United States Studies, 1999-present
    Professor of Business Law, Department of Management and Strategy, Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Business Administration, 1999-present
    Raoul Berger Professor of Legal History, Northwestern University School of Law, 1992-present
    Faculty, Executive Master's Program, Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Business Administration, 1988-present
    Full Professor (Tenure), Northwestern University School of Law, 1979-present
    Class of 1940 Research Professor, Northwestern University School of Law, 1992-1993
    Adjunct Professor, Department of Management and Strategy, Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Business Administration, 1992-1999
    Faculty Member, Humanities Program, Northwestern University, College of Arts and Sciences, 1982-1987
    Faculty Member, American Culture Program, Northwestern University, College of Arts and Sciences, 1979-1982
    Associate Professor, Northwestern University School of Law, 1977-1979
    Visiting Associate Professor, University of Virginia School of Law, 1976-1977
    Associate Professor (Tenure), Rutgers, State University School of Law, 1976-1977
    Associate Professor, Rutgers, State University School of Law, 1974-1976
  • Associate, Law Firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, 1972-1974
    Law Clerk, Honorable Malcolm R. Wilkey, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1971-1972
  • Executive MBA Program Outstanding Teaching Awards, Kellogg School of Management, 1998, 1996, 1994