Carl E. Schneider is the Chauncey Stillman Professor for Ethics, Morality, and the Practice of Law and is a Professor of Internal Medicine. He was educated at Harvard College and the University of Michigan Law School, where he was editor in chief of the Michigan Law Review. He served as law clerk to Judge Carl McGowan of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and to Justice Potter Stewart of the United States Supreme Court. He became a member of the Law School faculty in 1981 and of the Medical School faculty in 1998.

Professor Schneider is continuing his study of the sociology, psychology, and law of decisions by investigating how people choose to enter a profession and build professional careers. For that investigation (to be published as At the Threshold: The Professional Choices of Young Lawyers) he is currently interviewing a sample of 1998 graduates of the University of Michigan Law School. In addition, he is preparing a book arguing that the empirical literature demonstrates that the policy of promoting the use of living wills in end-of-life decisions has failed and can only fail.

The courses Professor Schneider teaches include law and medicine, the sociology and ethics of the legal profession, family law, and property. He has been a visiting professor at Cambridge University, the University of Tokyo, and Kyoto University and has taught for many years in Germany.  . . . short bio

Carl E. Schneider is the Chauncey Stillman Professor for Ethics, Morality, and the Practice of Law and is a Professor of Internal Medicine. He was educated at Harvard College and the University of Michigan Law School, where he was editor in chief of the Michigan Law Review. He served as law clerk to Judge Carl McGowan of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and to Justice Potter Stewart of the United States Supreme Court . . . full bio