International Conference on the Future of Legal Education

Brett McDonnell

Professor Brett McDonnell teaches and writes in the areas of business associations, corporate finance, law and economics, securities regulations, mergers and acquisitions, contracts, and legislation. Professor McDonnell received his B.A. in economics and political science, magna cum laude, in 1985 from Williams College where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, a Herschel Smith Fellowship for two years of study at Cambridge University, and received several prizes for his academic work. He received his M.Phil. in Economics from Emmanuel College, Cambridge University in 1987 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University in 1995. Professor McDonnell received his J.D. from the Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, in 1997. At Boalt Hall he was a member of the Order of the Coif, the California Law Review, and the Berkeley Women's Law Journal, and was the recipient of the John M. Olin scholarship, and a Moot Court best brief award.