Andrew Gold

Expertise:

Private Law Theory; Fiduciary Law; Law of Corporations

Background:

A leading voice in the legal philosophy field, Professor Andrew Gold’s primary research interests address private law theory, fiduciary law, and the law of corporations. His recent work has also focused on law as a complex system. Prof. Gold holds a courtesy joint appointment with the Department of Philosophy in UC Irvine’s School of Humanities.  

Prof. Gold’s scholarship is nationally acclaimed. He is the author of “The Right of Redress” (Oxford University Press 2020), the co-editor of “The American Law Institute: A Centennial History” (Oxford University Press 2023) (with Robert Gordon), “The Oxford Handbook of The New Private Law” (Oxford University Press 2020) (with John Goldberg, Dan Kelly, Emily Sherwin, and Henry Smith), and the “Philosophical Foundations of Fiduciary Law” (Oxford University Press 2014) (with Paul Miller). Prof. Gold’s work has appeared in the nation’s leading publications, including the Michigan Law Review; Northwestern University Law Review; University of Toronto Law Journal; Ethics; Law and Philosophy; and the American Journal of Jurisprudence. His most recent work includes, “The Equity in Corporate Law,” forthcoming in 100 Notre Dame Law Review (2024-2025) (coauthored with Henry Smith), and “When Private Law Theory Is Close Enough,” in Methodology in Private Law: Between New Private Law and Rechtsdogmatik (Thilo Kuntz & Paul B. Miller, eds.) (Oxford University Press 2024). 

Honored for his teaching and scholarship, Prof. Gold previously was the Bruce W. Nichols Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School; an HLA Hart Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford; and a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at McGill University. He is a co-founder of the North American Workshop on Private Law Theory and is a member of the American Law Institute. Among other accolades he has received a Canadian Fulbright Award, two awards for Excellence in Scholarship, and an award for Excellence in Teaching. 

Prof. Gold joins UC Irvine School of Law from Brooklyn Law School, where he served as associate director of the Center for the Study of Business Law and Regulation, and director of its Program on Private Law. He has also taught at DePaul University College of Law, practiced corporate litigation for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and served as a law clerk for Judge Daniel Manion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and with Judge Loren Smith of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. He received a J.D. from Duke University School of Law and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. 

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