Professor Gregory Klass received his BA from Carleton College, a Ph.D. in philosophy from The Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research, and his JD from Yale Law School. After graduating from law school, Professor Klass clerked for Guido Calabresi on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Before coming to Georgetown, he served as an Assistant Solicitor General in the Office of the New York State Attorney General.

Professor Klass’s scholarship focuses on contract law, the law of deception, and legal theory. He has written on topics such as contract interpretation, consumer contracts, fraud liability between contracting parties, false advertising law, and contract theory.

Scholarship

Forthcoming Works - Journal Articles & Working Papers

Gregory Klass & Tess Wilkinson-Ryan, Gender and Deception: Moral Perceptions and Legal Responses, 117 Nw. U. L. Rev. (forthcoming). [Gtown Law] [SSRN]

Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

Gregory Klass, How to Interpret a Vending Machine: Smart Contracts and Contract Law, 7 Geo. L. Tech. Rev. 69-132 (2023).
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Forthcoming Works - Book Chapters & Collected Works

Gregory Klass, What Might Contract Theory Be, in Understanding Private Law: Essays in Honour of Stephen A. Smith (Evan Fox-Decent, John C.P. Goldberg & Lionel Smith eds., Hart forthcoming). [Gtown Law] [SSRN]
Gregory Klass, Misrepresentation, in Research Handbook on the Philosophy of Contract Law (Prince Saprai & Mindy Chen-Wishart eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming). [Gtown Law] [SSRN]

Book Chapters & Collected Works

Gregory Klass, Professor Arthur Linton Corbin (1874–1967), in Scholars of Contract Law 201-228 (James Goudkamp & Donal Nolan eds., New York: Hart Publishing 2022).
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