Nuno Garoupa is Professor of Law and the H. Ross and Helen Workman Research Scholar at the University of Illinois College of Law. He is also Research Professor of Law at IMDEA (Madrid) and Research Affiliate, CEPR (London). He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of York (UK), also holds an LLM from the University of London. He is a former Associate Professor (Tenured), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain; Professor (Catedrático), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal; and Research Professor of Law at the University of Manchester School of Law, UK. He has a long established research interest in the economics of law and legal institutions. The results of this research have been published in the Journal of Legal Studies, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, American Law and Economics Review, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, American Journal of Comparative Law, Journal of Law and Society, Berkeley Journal of International Law, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Alabama Law Review, European Business Organization Law Review, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, European Economic Review, Economic Journal among other journals. Nuno has served as Vice-President of EALE (2004-2007) and as a Member of the Board of ISNIE (2006-2009). He currently serves as co-editor of the Review of Law and Economics and as a Member of the Board of ALACDE (Latin America and Caribbean Law and Economics Association).