EducationB.A., 1977, Wabash College CoursesReal estate transfer, finance and development; land use and zoning; and contracts Other: Bio
While in law school Professor Wilson served as managing editor of the Indiana Law Journal. He received a Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Grant in 1981 and studied at the University of Bonn. Following graduation from law school, Professor Wilson served as a law clerk to the Honorable William I. Garrard, Indiana Court of Appeals, and to the Honorable William E. Steckler, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Publications
Law Review and Journal Articles |
Presentations "Law Making and Truth Seeking: A Comparative Engagement with Civil and Common Law Systems and with Inquisitorial and Adversary Procedures," given at Indianapolis to faculty and students of Faculdades Espirito Santenses, Vitoria, Brazil, August 31 through September 4, 2009. "East Meets West: Recurring Issues in Contract Formation," Chinese University of Political Science & Law, Beijing, China, June 7, 2009. "The Interplay of Contract Law Regimes in the United States," Renmin University of China School of Law, Beijing, China, June 2, 2008. "Germinating Principles under Common Law Case Analysis and Civil Law Code Interpretation," Vilnius University Faculty of Law, Vilnius, Lithuania, May 6-10, 2008. "Issues in Comparative Contract and Commercial Law: Perspectives from the Common Law, the UCC, and the CISG," Vilnius University Faculty of Law, Vilnius, Lithuania, December 5-9, 2007. "Counseling Low-and Moderate-Income Clients on Financial Matters: Housing and the Culture of Credit," 6th Annual Norman Amaker Public Interest Law & Social Justice Retreat, sponsored by Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis and the Society of American Law Teachers, February 23-25, 2007. "The State of Tenants' Rights Today and in the Future - Is the Reform in Rights a Guarantee?," part of What King Wrought: The Impact of the Summer of 1966 on Housing Rights- A Forty-Year Retrospective & Prospective, sponsored by the John Marshall Law School, the Fair Housing Legal Support Center, and the Center for Real Estate Law, September 8-9, 2006. "The Dangers of Predatory Lending," 5th Annual Normal Amaker Public Interest Law Retreat, sponsored by Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis and the Society of American Law Teachers, February 24-25, 2006. "The Three R's of Preventing Home Loss to Foreclosure: Reinstatement, Restitution, and Redemption," part of Defending Hoosier Homes: Mortgage Foreclosure & Predatory Lending, sponsored by Indiana Legal Services, Inc. September 15, 2005. "Mortgage Broker Licensing Statutes and the Holder in Due Course Doctrine: Problems and Possibilities for Broker and Assignee Liability for Predatory Lending," part of Defending Hoosier Homes: Mortgage Foreclosure & Predatory Lending, sponsored by Indiana Legal Services, Inc., September 15, 2005. "Negotiating International Contracts: Choice of Law and Choice of Forum Considerations for Business Managers," Budapest University of Technology & Engineering, Budapest, Hungary, May 5-9, 2005. "Enforcing Promises and Resolving Disputes: Implications of the Legal Environment for Businesses," International Graduate Business School, Zagreb, Croatia, March 29-30, 2004. "Home Foreclosures: Timeliness, Procedures & Intervention-From Summons to Sheriff's Sale," Predatory Lending Conference, sponsored by the National Law Center, the National Housing Law Project, and Indiana Legal Services, Inc., September 24-25, 2003. "Foreclosure and Predatory Lending: Liability of Brokers & Assignees," Predatory Lending Conference, sponsored by the National Consumer Law Center, the National Housing Law Project, and Indiana Legal Services, Inc., September 24-25, 2003. "The Impact of Law on Managerial Decision Making: Jury Verdicts, Tort Reform, and Arbitration Clauses in the U.S.," Budapest University of Technology & Engineering, Budapest, Hungary, December 2-7, 2002. "Teaching Business Law & Ethics Overseas," part of Legal and Ethical Environment of Business Seminar, sponsored by the Centers for Internatiional Business Education & Research at Indiana University - Bloomington and University of Colorado - Denver, June 7, 2002. "Conducting Business in a Country Where the Laws are Often Unwritten and Where Complex Decisions are Entrusted to Ordinary Citizens: The Importance of the Common Law and the Jury Sustem to Non-American Businesses," Budapest University of Technology & Engineering, Budapest, Hungary, November 27-December 2, 2000. Other Activities Resident Professor, Chinese Law Summer Program, Renmin University of China School of Law, May-June 2009. Chair, American Association of Law Schools, Section on Real Estate Transactions
Faculty advisor, LL.M. in American Law for Foreign Lawyers Co-Director, Chinese Law Summer Program, Renmin University of China School of Law, Beijing, China. Board of Directors, Center for International & Comparative Law, Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis Board of Faculty Advisors, Indiana International & Comparative Law Review |


