Kathryn Hendley
William Voss-Bascom Professor of Law and Political Science
E-mail: khendley@wisc.edu
Telephone: 263-5135
Office: Room 5211C, Law School
Education:
M.A., Georgetown University
J.D., UCLA School of Law
Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley
Teaching Areas:
Comparative Law
Contracts
Biography
Professor Hendley's research focuses on legal and economic reform in the former Soviet Union. She is currently engaged in an inter-disciplinary project aimed at understanding how business is conducted in Russia and the role of law in business transactions and corporate governance. This project has been funded by the World Bank, the National Science Foundation, and the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research. She teaches Contracts, as well as courses related to her interest in Russia, such as Russian Law, International Business Transactions, Comparative Law, and Transitions to the Market. She has served as a consultant to the U.S. Agency for International Development and the World Bank in their work on legal reform in Russia. Professor Hendley is currently the Director of the Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia, which receives Title VI funding from the U.S. Department of Education.
Professor Hendley's web site can be found at http://www.polisci.wisc.edu/users/hendley
