Biography
Professor Clark joined the ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ faculty in January 2002 as the first incumbent of the Maynard and Bertha Wilson Professorship. Previously, he taught at the universities of Colorado, Houston, Louisiana State, and Tulsa. In addition, he has lectured in Europe, Latin America, and East Asia and held the Max Kade Visiting Professorship at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg (2015 and 2007; Commerzbank Professor in 2002), Inns of Court Fellow at Inner Temple in London (2000), Fulbright Chair in Comparative Law at Trento University (1999), Wing Tat Lee Chair in International and Comparative Law at Loyola University Chicago (1996), and Dan Hopson Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Southern Illinois University (1987).
Clark has published 15 books and more than 50 articles on comparative law, procedure, courts, and law and society, which track his teaching areas.
Clark is active in the American Society of Comparative Law, having served as treasurer (1989-1995), vice president (1998-2002), president (2002-2006), and honorary president (2006-2008), as well as its delegate for many years to the American Council of Learned Societies (on whose board of directors he served from 1997-1999). He is a titular member of the International Academy of Comparative Law.