Jeremy Kidd

Professor of Law

Expertise: Corporate Law, Securities Regulation, Commercial Law, Administrative Law, Law and Economics, Public Choice

Education

JD, George Mason University School of Law, magna cum laude
PhD, Utah State University, Economics
BA, Utah State University, magna cum laude

Experience

Drake Law School professor since 2021
Visiting Professor of Law and Director, Securities Law Program, Catholic University of America
Associate Professor of Law, Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University
Visiting Professor, George Mason University School of Law
Law Clerk to the Honorable Alice Batchelder, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Associate Attorney, Strong & Hanni, Salt Lake City, Utah
Law Clerk to the Honorable Ted Stewart, United States District Court for the District of Utah
Associate Attorney, Ballard Spahr LLP, Washington, DC

Selected Publications

No Perfect Solutions for Market Imperfections, 26 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law 443 (2024).
Market Failure and Censorship in the Marketplace of Ideas, 76 Oklahoma Law Review 269 (2024).
Public Perceptions of Insider Trading, 51 Seton Hall Law Review 1035 (2021).
Probate Funding and the Litigation Funding Debate, 76 Washington and Lee Law Review 259 (2019).
Quacks or Bootleggers: Who’s Really Regulating Hedge Funds?, 75 Washington and Lee Law Review 367 (2018).
Fintech: Antidote to Rent-Seeking?, 93 Chicago-Kent Law Review 165 (2018).

Significant Accomplishments

Stevens Faculty Scholar of the Year, Drake University Law School, 2025
Academic Affiliate and Law and Economics Program Advisor, International Center for Law and Economics
Research Scholar, Law and Economics Center at George Mason University
Advisory Board Member, Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding

Biography

Professor Kidd is a nationally recognized expert in law and economics, focusing primarily on business law and regulatory issues. His public choice analysis provides explanations for why the best laid plans of government rarely, if ever, succeed in their stated goals but, instead, tend to entrench existing special interests. His scholarship has appeared in top law reviews and journals, including the Alabama Law Review, the U.C. Davis Law Review, and Washington and Lee Law Review.

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