Michael J. Burstein

Lecturer on Law

Climenko Fellow

Additional Information

Mr. Burstein will teach a section of First Year Legal Research and Writing in both the Fall Term 2009 and the Spring Term 2010.

Biographical Statement

Michael Burstein's research focuses on the institutional structures - both private and public - that shape innovation. His current work explores the viability of contractual alternatives to intellectual property rights as a means to facilitate transactions in intellectual goods. He received a B.A. in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry and Ethics, Politics, & Economics from Yale University, and a J.D. magna cum laude from the New York University School of Law. Following law school, he clerked for Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and served as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General, United States Department of Justice. He also practiced appellate litigation and telecommunications law at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel in Washington, D.C., and previously worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.