Professor Drew Kershen, who joined the OU law faculty in 1971, teaches courses on
agricultural law, legal history, professional responsibility, and water rights. In recent
years, Professor Kershen has focused his teaching, research, and lecturing on
agricultural biotechnology law and policy.
After receiving his juris doctorate in 1968, he joined a private practice in Atlanta. In
1973, he was named a fellow in law and humanities at Harvard University. He has held
visiting professorships at the universities of Kansas, Illinois, and Arkansas Little
Rock. During the summer terms and semester intersessions, he has taught at the University
of Arkansas-Fayetteville, Oklahoma City University, the University of Texas, and Texas
Tech.
Kershen is coauthor of Farm Products Financing and Filing Service, written in 1990 with
J. Thomas Hardin. He has authored more than 40 other book chapters, grant reports, and
law review articles.
Admitted to the Georgia Bar in 1969 (inactive) and the Oklahoma Bar in 1972, Kershen is a
member of the Oklahoma Water Law Advisory Commission and the Order of the Coif. Kershen
is a past member of the Board of Directors and past president of the American
Agricultural Law Association. He served as a trustee to the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law
Foundation from 1991-1995. Additionally, Professor Kershen was a Fulbright Teaching
Scholar to Honduras in 1999, and served as the Co-Reporter for the UCC Article 7 Revision
Committee from 2000-2003.
Agricultural Biotechnology Law and Policy
Agricultural Environmental Law
Agricultural Commercial Law
Agricultural Law
American Legal History
Criminal Law & Criminal Procedure
Law and Humanities
Professional Responsibility/Legal Ethics
Water Law
Presentations
Intellectual Property
