Sharing his Unconventional Road to Comparative Law

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Summer Alumni Spotlight Series

August 12, 2022

Matthew Erie admits that when he began law school, his interests were “idiosyncratic.” But that’s only to be expected from someone trained in anthropology, who learns to view the world unconventionally.

“I approached law school in an unusual way,” Erie said, “in that I was looking particularly at comparative law, interdisciplinary law, and social sciences, but partly through the academic lens.”

Learn more about Professor Erie's time in law school, his subsequent work in China, and his current research based at the University of Oxford. Penn Law alumni blog available here.