Alex Lee
Howard Friedman ’64 JD Professor of Law
Director, Center on Law, Business, and Economics
Phone
(312) 503-2565
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Assistant
Francesca Bullerman
Assistant Phone
(312) 503-1570
Assistant Email
Francesca.Bullerman@law.northwestern.edu
Biography
Professor Lee is the Howard Friedman ’64 JD Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and Director of the Center on Law, Business, and Economics. He teaches Securities Regulation, Business Associations, and Administrative Law.
Professor Lee’s research lies at the intersection of law and economics, securities regulation, and administrative law, with particular emphasis on cost-benefit analysis, regulatory design, market structure, and litigation and settlement models. His work has appeared in leading law reviews and peer-reviewed journals and has been cited by U.S. federal agencies.
Areas of Expertise
- Administrative Law
- Securities Regulation
- Law and Economics
- Economic Regulation
Courses
Selected Publications
- The Placebo Effect of Insider Dealing Regulation, 45 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 753 (2025) (Co-authored by: Luca Enriques & Alessandro Romano).
- A Model of the Zone-of-Interests Test, 41 Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 175 (2025).
- A Model of Stock-Market-Based Rulemaking, 23 American Law & Economics Review 1 (2021).
- Litigation and Selection with Correlated Two-Sided Incomplete Information, 20 American Law And Economics Review 382 (2018) (Co-authored by: Daniel Klerman & Lawrence Liu).
- Inferences from Litigated Cases, 43 Journal of Legal Studies 209 (2014) (Co-authored by: Daniel Klerman).
- The Economic Effects of SOX Section 404: A Corporate Insider Perspective, 56 Journal of Accounting and Economics 267 (2013) (Co-authored by: Cindy R. Alexander, Scott Bauguess, Gennaro Bernile & Jennifer Marietta-Westberg).
Education
- BA, Mathematics, Harvard College
- Part III of Mathematical Tripos, University of Cambridge
- PhD in Economics, Yale University
- JD, Yale Law School
Prior Appointments
- Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
- Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
- Associate Professor of Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
- Assistant Professor of Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law






