About Alvin K.
Alvin K. Klevorick has spent decades at the intersection of law and economics. His path through academia began with classical undergraduate training and led quickly into advanced study. He moved from Amherst College to Princeton for graduate work and then into a long career at Yale.
Klevorick completed his undergraduate degree at Amherst College in 1963. He remained in the Ivy League for graduate study, earning an M.A. from Princeton University in 1965 and a Ph.D. there in 1967. Those years placed him in departments that emphasized rigorous empirical and theoretical work. They also set the tone for the subjects he would teach and research in later life.
He entered Yale University’s faculty in the mid-1970s. In 1975 he assumed the title of Professor of Law and Economics. That appointment anchored him in both the law school and the broader university community. Over the years his work bridged disciplinary lines, bringing economic reasoning to questions of legal structure, regulation and institutions.
In 2013 Klevorick took on an administrative role at Yale Law School as Deputy Dean. The post required a mix of academic judgment and practical management. He balanced curriculum concerns, faculty matters and administrative planning while remaining connected to classroom teaching and scholarship.
Beyond the law school, his affiliations have included the Cowles Foundation at Yale University. The Cowles Foundation has long supported quantitative and interdisciplinary research, and Klevorick’s association with it reflects the empirical bent of much of his work. His career thus unfolded within a network of centers and departments that value data, models and institutional analysis.
Colleagues and students have known him as a steady presence in seminars and faculty meetings. He has taught courses that combine legal doctrine with economic tools and has participated in discussions ranging from public policy to academic research methods. He has contributed to the intellectual life of Yale over many years and helped shape conversations where law and economics meet.
He remains affiliated with Yale University and the Cowles Foundation, Yale University. His current work focuses on research and teaching in law and economics.
