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About Michael Burstein

Michael J. Burstein is a Vice Dean and Professor of Law at Cardozo Law, where he teaches and writes about intellectual property, innovation policy, and law and entrepreneurship. Professor Burstein’s research focuses on the ways in which intellectual property law, corporate law and public law facilitate relationships among entrepreneurs, markets, and government actors and influence the production and dissemination of innovative works and ideas. His recent publications include articles about patent markets, innovation prizes, judicial challenges to patent validity, and non-IP strategies for information exchange. He is currently writing about the legal treatment of information as an asset and editing a volume of case studies that explore sharing and commons-based production in entrepreneurial communities. Before joining the Cardozo faculty, Professor Burstein was a Climenko Fellow at Harvard Law School. He was previously an appellate litigator in private practice in Washington, DC, a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, and a law clerk for Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He was also a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. Professor Burstein holds a J.D., magna cum laude, from the New York University School of Law and a B.A. in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry and Ethics, Politics & Economics from Yale University.

Positions

2018 - Present Vice Dean, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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2016 - Present Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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2016 - 2018 Director of Research Science and Knowledge Lead, Fuel by McKinsey, McKinsey & Company
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2014 - 2016 Associate Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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2011 - 2014 Assistant Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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2009 - 2011 Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
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2007 - 2009 Associate, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C
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2006 - 2007 Bristow Fellow, Office of the Solicitor General
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2005 - 2006 Clerk, Hon. A. Raymond Randolph, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
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2004 - 2005 Associate, Global Strategy Practice Fellow, McKinsey & Company
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1999 - 2001 Business Analyst, McKinsey & Company
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Disciplines

Law


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Professional Service and Affiliations

2014 - 2015 Peer Review Board, Stanford Technology Law Review, Stanford Law School
2013 - 2014 Executive Board, Section on Intellectual Property, AALS
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Education

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2004 JD, New York University
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1999 BA, Yale University
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Articles & Essays (8)

Chapters (2)

Presentations (5)