Joshua Fairfield
Associate Professor of Law
Phone: 540-458-8529E-mail: fairfieldj@wlu.edu
BA 1996, Swarthmore College; JD 2001, University of Chicago. Symposium Editor, University of Chicago Legal Forum; University of Chicago Law Review. Clerk, Hon. Danny J. Boggs, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2001-02. Jones Day, 2002-04. Associate in Law, Columbia University, 2004. Member, Phi Beta Kappa, Order of the Coif.
Professor Fairfield joined the Indiana Law faculty in the fall of 2005, bringing a spirited pedagogy and a strong interest in the intersection of computing technologies and law to his courses in commercial law. Before earning his JD magna cum laude from the University of Chicago in 2001, he directed the development of the award winning Rosetta Stone Language Library, a leading language teaching software program for educational institutions. After law school, Professor Fairfield clerked for Judge Danny J. Boggs at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He then joined Jones Day in Columbus, Ohio, where he litigated cases in commercial law and software/technology law. Before coming to Indiana, Professor Fairfield taught comparative law to LLM students at Columbia Law School. He is currently serving as a visiting professor at Washington & Lee University School of Law.
Professor Fairfield is regularly quoted in national and international media on information technology topics including the law of video games, online regulation, and the law and economics of virtual worlds. You can view Professor Fairfield's research at the Social Science Research Network.
Selected Working Papers
- "The Magic Circle," (PDF) a paper prepared for the ITechLaw Conference, Chicago, 2007.
Teaching and Research Interests
Courses
- E-Commerce Law (B593)
- Secured Transactions (B672)