Faculty Scholarship

Jared Ellias

Professor of Law; Bion M. Gregory Chair in Business Law; Director, Center for Business Law

Passionate about how the law should change to help financially distressed firms recover.

Focal areas

Bankruptcy, corporate governance, corporate law.

Issues that spark your passion

How the law can help the economy recover from COVID-19; how the law should change to help financially distressed firms recover.

Scholarly engagement

Advised the California State Senate on the PG&E bankruptcy. Widely quoted in the press, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.

Front burner

Leading a committee of bankruptcy scholars advising Congress on reforms related to pandemic recovery.

Project you spearheaded

Founding UC Hastings Law’s Center for Business Law.

Particularly meaningful honors

UC Hastings Foundation Faculty Award for Faculty Scholarship. Two papers selected for the Stanford/Yale/Harvard Junior Faculty Forum.