Patrick Borchers, JD

Patrick Borchers, JD

Patrick Borchers, JD

Professor
Endowed Professorship, Lillis Family Professorship in Law
School of Law

Academic Appointments

Department

  • Law

Position

  • Professor

Teaching Activity

  • Administrative Law
  • Civil Procedure I and II
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Federal Courts
  • International Arbitration

Biography

Patrick Borchers served from 1999-2007 as the eighth Dean of Creighton School of Law and then as Creighton’s Vice-President for Academic Affairs from 2007-2013. Professor Borchers is an internationally recognized scholar in private international law, federal courts law and international arbitration. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute and the International Academy of Comparative Law. Professor Borchers was the Principal Investigator on a study funded by the United States Agency for International Development to study resolution of claims of United States citizens against the Cuban government.

 
Patrick Borchers on claims of property of Cuba

Curriculum Vitae

Publications and Presentations

Books

Articles

Publications

Editing and Reviews

Research and Scholarship

Research and Scholarship Interests

  • Conflict of Laws (Private International Law)

Current Research Projects

  • Hay, Borchers & Symeonides, Conflict of Laws (treatise); Hay, Weintraub & Borchers (casebook); various law review articles in progress.

Awards and Honors

  • Internationally recognized expert in private international law and arbitration, 2016
  • Elected to the Order of the Coif and American Law Institute, Phi Beta Kappa, 2016
  • Elected, Order of the Coif, 2016
  • Elected, American Law Institute, 2016
  • Winner, ABA Section on Administrative Law and Regulatory Policy’s Award for Scholarship, 1995
  • Managing Editor, U.C. Davis Law Review , 1985