HESBURGH LECTURE SERIES 2012 Program - Alumni Association ...

Joseph P. Bauer, J.D.
Professor, Notre Dame Law School
Biography
Joseph Bauer, an expert in the field of antitrust, joined the Notre Dame Law School faculty in
1973 as an assistant professor, becoming an associate professor in 1977, and a full professor in
1980. He teaches the required first-year course in civil procedure, as well as antitrust, copyright
and trademarks, and conflicts of laws. During his tenure, Bauer has served the Law School in
numerous ways, including as co-director of the London Law Programme (1975-76, 1989-90),
as associate dean (1985-88, 1991, 1996), as elected representative to the Provost’s Advisory
Committee (1993-99), as elected vice chair of the Law School’s appointments committee for
more than 10 years, and as elected vice chair of the Law School’s promotions committee. He
earned his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966 and his J.D. from Harvard Law
School in 1969.
A member of the New York Bar since 1970, Bauer worked as an associate at the New York City law firm of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman,
Hays & Handler (1969-72), and served as an instructor at the University of Michigan (1972-73). During spring and summer
2002, he was on leave, working in an of-counsel status at Kirkland & Ellis in Washington, D.C. Bauer also has held a visiting
professorship at Emory Law School (spring 2004) and at the University of North Carolina (1981-82).
Bauer worked with the late Earl W. Kintner (until his death some years ago), to prepare the annual updates to a seminal work in
antitrust law, Federal Antitrust Law, volumes I-XI. In 2002, he published, with Professor William Page of the University of Florida
College of Law, the revised edition of Volume II of this series, which concentrates on sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. This
is the fifth volume in this series. Bauer has served as a consultant to the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition
(1977-78), and on the Association of American Law Schools Antitrust Section Executive Committee (member 1984-89, chair
1987-89). He is a member of the Board of the American Antitrust Institute. He has testified on numerous occasions before Senate
and House committees and subcommittees, and has served as an expert or consultant for a number of antitrust and intellectual
property matters.
Lectures
Antitrust in a Global Environment
The antitrust regime is designed to promote competition in order to maximize consumer welfare—to afford more and better
goods and services at lower prices. What should be the appropriate role for courts and administrative agencies in achieving these
goals?
Copyright in the 21st Century
This lecture will address copyright development from the era of the printing press to the present. It explores how it has adapted
to the challenges of the computer and Internet era, and discusses the implications of these changes for creators of intellectual
property and consumers.
10 The Hesburgh Lecture Series, 2012 Program
Categories
Business, Communications,
Government, Law