About Bernie Burk
Law Professor — Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Bernie Burk is a law professor whose work bridges legal education, ethical standards, and institutional accountability. He earned his law degree at Stanford, finishing first in his graduating class and serving as a Notes Editor on the Stanford Law Review, and his undergraduate degree at Yale, graduating summa cum laude. After law school he clerked for a federal district judge in Northern California.
He then practiced for many years as a litigator and counselor at a respected San Francisco firm, rising to director and shareholder and chairing the firm’s professional responsibility function for over fifteen years. He has taught at the University of North Carolina, Penn State, Seattle University, Memphis, Campbell University, and Arkansas at Little Rock.
He is co-author of Ethical Lawyering: A Guide for the Well-Intentioned, published by Wolters Kluwer and Aspen. He has served as an expert witness in legal malpractice and professional responsibility cases and as outside ethics counsel for California Rural Legal Assistance.
Education
- JD — Stanford Law School (First in class; Notes Editor, Stanford Law Review)
- BA in English — Yale University (Summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa)
- Federal Clerkship — U.S. District Court, Northern California
Teaching & Scholarship
- Co-author, Ethical Lawyering (Wolters Kluwer/Aspen)
- UNC, Penn State, Seattle University, Memphis, Campbell, UALR
- Expert witness — legal malpractice & professional responsibility
- Outside ethics counsel — California Rural Legal Assistance
Location
Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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