Eric Chaffee is an Assistant Professor at UDSL. He came to the School of Law because of the institution’s innovative approach to learning and emphasis on service to the community. As he put it, “I like knowing that I'm helping to train the community leaders of tomorrow.”
Professor Chaffee’s research focuses on business law and white collar crime. He currently chairs the Project for Law and Business Ethics at UDSL, an initiative founded in 2007 from a generous donation by Fran Evans and Jon Hoak for research and teaching relating to business ethics. Professor Chaffee has also published articles in the areas of securities regulation and constitutional law.
Prior to coming to the School of Law, Professor Chaffee was an attorney with Jones Day in Cleveland, Ohio. During his time at Jones Day, he handled civil and criminal matters and gained experience in numerous areas of law. His clients included LTV Steel, Procter & Gamble, Sherwin-Williams, Textron and Yahoo. He was also active in Jones Day’s pro bono and community service efforts.
Professor Chaffee currently works with a number of non-profit organizations. He is the vice president and a trustee of the Cleveland Association of Phi Beta Kappa, which annually gives more than 120 awards and scholarships to Northeast Ohio high school seniors. He also sits on the board of the Law Academy at Martin Luther King, Jr. School for Law and Municipal Careers, an institution committed to promoting excellence and diversity in the legal profession. Previously, Professor Chaffee served as a director and the governance chair of the Domestic Violence Center in Cleveland and has also been extensively involved with United Way Services and Harvest for Hunger in Cleveland.
As a law student at University of Pennsylvania Law School, Professor Chaffee spent time working at legal aid in both Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Xenia, Ohio. He also served as managing editor of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, and he was instrumental in founding the Penn Law Immigration Clinic.
Courses
LAW 6215 Advanced Criminal Law
LAW 6801 Business Organizations
Publications
- Beyond Blue Chip: Issuer Standing to Seek Injunctive Relief Under Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 Without the Purchase or Sale of Security, 36 Seton Hall L. Rev. 1135 (2006).
- Sailing Toward Safe Harbor Hours: The Constitutionality of Regulating Television Violence, 39 U. Mich. J.L. Reform 1 (2005).