Lawrence G. Sager

Who is Lawrence G. Sager?

Lawrence Gene Sager is a former dean of the The University of Texas School of Law at The University of Texas at Austin. He currently holds the Alice Jane Drysdale Sheffield Regents Chair and is one of the nation's preeminent constitutional theorists and scholars. Sager, who joined the Law School faculty in 2002, is the 13th dean in the Law School's 123-year history. He is best known for his theory of underenforcement.

A graduate of Columbia Law School and Pomona College, Sager taught for more than 25 years at New York University School of Law, where he was instrumental in transforming the NYU faculty into one of the very best in the nation. At Texas, he has also been deeply involved with the Law School's successful faculty recruitment efforts, which include luring corporate law expert Bernard Black from Stanford Law School in 2004 and health law scholar William Sage from Columbia Law School this year. He served as chair of the Law School's Appointments Committee during the 2005–06 academic year.

Sager has also taught as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, Princeton University, Boston University School of Law, UCLA School of Law, and University of Michigan Law School.