Arlen Langvardt

Arlen W. Langvardt, Professor of Business Law and the Graf Family Professor, joined the faculty of Indiana Universitys Kelley School of Business in 1985. From 2000 to 2009, he served as chair of the Department of Business Law & Ethics. He earned a B.A. (summa cum laude), from Hastings College and a J.D. (with distinction), from the University of Nebraska. In private law practice before becoming a member of the Kelley School faculty, he tried cases in a variety of legal areas, including tort, contract, constitutional, and miscellaneous commercial cases. Professor Langvardt has received a number of teaching awards at the graduate and undergraduate levels. His graduate teaching assignments have included legal environment, ethical leadership, and critical thinking courses, as well as specialized courses dealing with marketing law, intellectual property management, and legal issues for artists and arts organizations. He has also taught various undergraduate business law courses. Professor Langvardts wide-ranging research interests are reflected in his articles on commercial speech, defamation, intellectual property, medical malpractice, and other healthcare-related subjects. The list of journals in which his numerous articles have appeared includes the American Business Law Journal, the Minnesota Law Review, the Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law, the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law, the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology, the Trademark Reporter, and the Journal of Marketing. Professor Langvardt has won several research awards from professional associations, including the Holmes/Cardozo and Hoeber Awards from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business and the Ladas Memorial Award from the United States Trademark Association.