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Biography

Carl S. Bjerre specializes in commercial law. At Oregon Law, he teaches business courses ranging from first-year Contracts through Advanced Commercial Law and holds the title of Kaapcke Professor of Business Law. Active in national and international projects to modernize commercial law, Professor Bjerre is a member of the Permanent Editorial Board for the Uniform Commercial Code, the Uniform Law Commission, and the American Law Institute. He was a member of the United States delegation for the negotiation of the Geneva Securities Convention and was closely involved with the United States ratification of the Hague Securities Convention.

Prior to joining the Oregon Law faculty, Professor Bjerre practiced transactional finance law for six years with the multinational law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York City. A native of Los Angeles, California, he earned his J.D. magna cum laude from Cornell Law School and clerked for U.S. District Judge Charles P. Sifton.