Mitu Gulati
Professor
A. B. 1988, University of Chicago; M.A. 1991 Yale University; J.D. 1995, Harvard Law School. Following graduation he was an associate with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New York. He was then a law clerk to the Honorable Sandra L. Lynch, 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, followed by another clerkship with the Honorable Samuel A. Alito, Jr., 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Newark.
He began his life in academia in 1997 as a professor at the UCLA School of Law, continued as a visiting professor then faculty member at Georgetown University Law Center, and the University of Virginia School of Law; coming to Duke Law as a visiting professor for the 2005-2006 academic year, and joining the faculty in July 2006.
Professor Gulati does research in the areas of Securities Regulation, International Debt Transactions, Corporate Law, Employment Discrimination and Judicial Behavior. His most current research is on the Puzzle of Odious Debts. An overaching theme of his research is the attempt to combine empirical and theoretical methodologies from various disciplines in seeking to answer legal questions.