He has been teaching in the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin since 1984. His research specialties are environmental law and Internet governance law. He has been the editor of the Indoor Pollution Law Report and the American Business Law Journal, and is currently the editor of the Chemical Waste Litigation Reporter. Founded in 1924, the Academy of Legal Studies in Business is an association of teachers and scholars in the fields of business law, legal environment, and law-related courses outside of professional law schools. The academy has nearly 1,000 members who teach primarily in schools of business in colleges and universities, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Members come from all fifty states, Canada, and a number of other nations.
The McCombs School of Business, with both its undergraduate and graduate programs, is consistently ranked among the top 20 business programs in the nation. The undergraduate program is ranked among the top five. The McCombs School of Business is especially noted for its innovative programs in technology, entrepreneurship, and globalization.