Jeremy Kidd
Jeremy Kidd is a professor of law at Drake University Law School and an academic affiliate of the International Center for Law & Economics.
His research applies law & economics and public-choice theory to regulation and institutional design. He focuses on rent-seeking behavior and the ways special interests use government processes to secure private benefits. His work addresses topics such as hedge-fund regulation, third-party litigation funding, and regulatory failure. He teaches corporate, securities, commercial, and administrative law.
Before joining Drake, Kidd served as a visiting professor of law and director of the Securities Law Program at The Catholic University of America. He was previously an associate professor of law at Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law and a visiting professor at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School.
Earlier in his career, he practiced law with Ballard Spahr in Washington, D.C., and Strong & Hanni in Salt Lake City. He clerked for Chief Judge Alice M. Batchelder of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and Chief Judge Ted Stewart of the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. He is a member of the Utah Bar and the District of Columbia Bar and has filed amicus briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Kidd received the Stevens Faculty Scholar of the Year award at Drake University Law School and serves as a research scholar with the Law & Economics Center at George Mason University.
He earned a J.D., with honors, from George Mason University and a Ph.D. in economics from Utah State University. He also holds a bachelor’s degree from Utah State University, magna cum laude.
Jeremy Kidd
May 22, 2026
One of the most persistent criticisms of law & economics is that it rests on unrealistic assumptions. Economic models often assume firms maximize profits, investors respond rationally to incentives, and market participants systematically adjust their behavior in predictable ways. Critics frequently point to these assumptions as evidence that economic analysis is detached from reality. Real ... ‘Uncertainty, Evolution, and Economic Theory,’ by Armen Alchian
