Professor David Skeel

David Skeel is S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. He is the author of True Paradox: How Christianity Makes Sense of Our Complex World (InterVarsity, 2014); The New Financial Deal: Understanding the Dodd-Frank Act and Its (Unintended) Consequences (Wiley, 2011); Icarus in the Boardroom (Oxford, 2005); Debt’s Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America (Princeton, 2001); and numerous articles on bankruptcy, corporate law, financial regulation, Christianity and law, and other topics.

Professor Skeel has also written commentaries for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Books & Culture, The Weekly Standard, and other publications. He has received the Harvey Levin award three times for outstanding teaching, as selected by a vote of the graduating class, the Robert A. Gorman award for excellence in upper level course teaching, and the University’s Lindback Award for distinguished teaching.

His previous teaching appointments are:

Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center (Fall 2004)

Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School (Jan, 1999-2003)

Associate Professor of Law, Temple University School of Law (July, 1993- 1998)

Visiting Associate Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School (Fall 1997)

Olin Professor and Visiting Associate Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law (Spring 1996)

Visiting Associate Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School (July, 1993- June, 1994)

Assistant Professor, Temple University School of Law (July, 1990- June 1993)

He teaches courses in Corporations; Bankruptcy; Law, Literature, and Interpretation Seminar; Gambling and Market Speculation Seminar; Corporate Governance Seminar; Contracts I & II; Secured Transactions.