Alan V. Lowenstein Professor of Corporate and Business Law, Distinguished Professor of Professional Practice, and Founder/Co-Director, Rutgers Center for Corporate Law and Governance
Douglas S. Eakeley
Rutgers Law School
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S.I. Newhouse Center for Law and Justice
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Newark, NJ 07102
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Douglas S. Eakeley joined the Law School in 2012 as the first occupant of the Alan V. Lowenstein Chair in Corporate and Business Law, after several decades in private practice specializing in complex commercial litigation.  He is the founder and co-director of the Rutgers Center for Corporate Law and Governance and the founder and co-director of the Rutgers Law School Entrepreneurship Clinic.

  • Biography
  • Publications
  • Courses Taught
  • Expertise
Biography

Professor Eakeley joined Rutgers Law School in 2012 as the first occupant of the Alan V. Lowenstein Chair in Corporate and Business Law, after several decades in private practice specializing in complex commercial litigation.  He is the founder and co-director of the Rutgers Center for Corporate Law and Governance and the Rutgers Law School Entrepreneurship Clinic.  He teaches courses in business organizations, corporate governance, and compliance & enterprise risk management.

A former Rhodes Scholar and graduate of Yale College (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), Oxford University and Yale Law School, Professor Eakeley served as First Assistant Attorney General of the State of New Jersey during the administration of Governor James J. Florio. In 1993, he was appointed by President William J. Clinton (with the consent of the United States Senate) to the board of directors of the Legal Services Corporation, which he chaired until April 2003.   His current professional affiliations include serving as a founding trustee (and former Chair) of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, trustee (and former Chair) of Legal Services of New Jersey, and Treasurer of the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority.

An inductee into the New Jersey Equal Justice Library and Archive Circle of Justice, Professor Eakeley has received numerous awards for his pro bono work and contributions to the community, including the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Alan V. and Amy Lowenstein Social Justice Award, American Jewish Committee’s Judge Learned Hand Award, Thurgood Marshall College Fund Award of Excellence, American Bar Association Litigation Section John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Award, National Housing Institute’s Outstanding Service Award, California Rural Legal Assistance Reynoso-Abascal Don Quixote Award, League of Women Voters of New Jersey Making Democracy Work Award, Lead New Jersey's Lifetime of Leadership Award, and the first Legal Services of New Jersey Pro Bono Publico Award (renamed the Debevoise-Eakeley Award).

Publications

Douglas S. Eakeley & Yuliya Guseva, Crypto-Enforcement Around the World, 94 Southern California Law Review Postscript 99 (2021)

Yuliya Guseva, Sangita Gazi & Douglas S. Eakeley, On the Co-Existence of Stablecoins and Central Bank Digital Currencies, __ Law & Contem. Problems __ (peer-reviewed, forthcoming 2024) 

Douglas Eakeley & Yuliya Guseva, The Comparative Crypto-Enforcement Report (2021)

Douglas Eakeley and Yuliya Guseva, "Crypto-Enforcement Around the World," Chinese University of Hong Kong, Machine Lawyering Blog, January 24, 2021 (solicited contribution)

Douglas Eakeley and Yuliya Guseva, "Crypto-Enforcement Around the World," Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog, November 24, 2020

Courses Taught
  • ADV ENTREPREN CLINIC
  • Advanced Entrepreneurship Clinic
  • BUSINESS ORGS
  • CORP COMP&ENTRSK MGT
  • Corp. Compliance & Enterprise Risk Management Seminar 1
  • Corporate Governance Seminar
  • CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
  • ENTREPRENEURSHIP CL
  • Entrepreneurship Clinic
Expertise
  • Appellate Advocacy
  • Corporate Compliance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Enterprise Risk Management
  • Securities Litigation
  • Corporations
  • Executive Compensation
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Litigation
  • Poverty Law