Professor of Law

After graduating magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, Professor Alan M. Weinberger spent a dozen years in private practice in Washington, D.C., and Detroit, representing institutional lenders, real estate developers, commercial landlords and foreign investors. Since joining SLU LAW in 1987, the Student Bar Association has selected Prof. Weinberger four times as Faculty Member of the Year.

Professor Weinberger’s scholarly work has focused on the area of preventive law. In fact, a study he conducted of St. Louis-based corporate headquarters found that most would not comply with the requirements for effective corporate compliance programs. Also within the area of preventive law, Prof. Weinberger has published on compliance programs to prevent insider trading and violations of the federal securities laws.

He has written and lectured on the erosion of the doctrine of caveat emptor and the origins of the presumption against mortgage prepayment. Professor Weinberger has also published articles in the areas of partnership law and fiduciary duty. Along with SLU LAW professors Peter Salsich and Sandra Johnson, Prof. Weinberger co-authored Property Law, Cases, Materials and Problems, 3d (American Casebook Series®).

In addition to his scholarship and teaching duties, Professor Weinberger has previously served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and as Associate Dean for Faculty. He supervises SLU LAW's Corporate Counsel Externship Program. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate, and author of a column, “Cases in Brief” that appears quarterly in the Appraisal Journal.

Prof. Weinberger has been a visiting professor at Washington University School of Law, University of Iowa College of Law, and Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In Spring 2010, he will be a visiting professor at Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany.