Larry T. Garvin
Education and Experience
- BA, Michigan State University, History, 1983 (with honors)
- BS, Michigan State University, Physiology and Biochemistry, 1983 (with honors)
- MS, University of Michigan, Neurosciences, 1986
- JD, Yale Law School, 1989
Biography
Teaches:
- Contracts
- Sales and Leases
- Small Business
- Entrepreneurial Finance
Research Interests:
- Contracts and commercial law, especially using neo-classical and behavioral economics
Previous Professional Experience:
- Associate Professor, Florida State University College of Law
- Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Florida State University College of Law
- Visiting Associate Professor, University of Texas Law School; Washington University School of Law, St. Louis
- Associate, Shea and Gardner, Washington, D.C.
- Law Clerk, Hon. Edward N. Cahn, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Awards/Achievements:
- Commissioner on Uniform State Laws, 2005-present
- Chair, Section on Commercial and Related Consumer Law, Association of American Law Schools, 2005
- Managing Editor, The Yale Law Journal
- Article Editor, Yale Journal on Regulation
The Best and Worst of Contract Decisions: An Anthology, 45 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 887 (2018)
Hawkland’s Uniform Commercial Code Series, vols. 1 & 2 (2017).
Selections for Contracts (2016).
Globe Refining Co. v. Landa Cotton Oil Co. and the Dark Side of Reputation, 12 Nev. L.J. 659 (2012)
Uniform Commercial Code Survey: Sales, 62 Bus. Law. 1559 (2007)
The Strange Death of Academic Commercial Law, 68 Ohio St. L.J. 403 (2007)
Uniform Commercial Code Survey: Sales, 61 Bus. Law. 1545 (2006)
Commercial Calamities: An Introduction and Sermon, 68 Ohio St. L.J. 1 (2006)