Gerald Korngold

Professor of Law

Gerald Korngold comes to the Law School from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he was the McCurdy Professor of Law, and also served as Dean from 1997 to 2006. Professor Korngold will teach the Center for Real Estate Studies Harlan Capstone, Real Estate Transactions, and Property. He was a faculty member at New York Law School from 1979 to 1987 and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 1984 to 1986. He has lectured nationally and internationally on land and property law issues and writes and teaches in the fields of property and real estate law. He is the author of Private Land Use Arrangements: Easements, Real Covenants, and Equitable Servitudes (Juris Publishing, 2004); co-author of two casebooks, Real Estate Transactions: Cases and Materials on Land Transfer, Development, and Finance (Foundation Press, 2009) and Cases and Text on Property (Aspen Publishers, 2004); and co-editor of Property Stories (Foundation Press, 2009). Recent articles are on the subprime and mortgage crisis and on conservation easements. Professor Korngold has also published numerous other articles in law reviews and journals. His current research focuses on privatization of public land use regulation, real estate transactions, comparative global property rights, and other issues. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute and the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.