KU Law professor selected for Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum

LAWRENCE - University of Kansas School of Law Professor Alex Platt has been selected to present his recent scholarship at the 2026 Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum, a national workshop that highlights emerging voices in legal academia. He is one of 10 to 15 junior faculty members selected from a competitive pool of 159 applicants and the first from KU Law to be invited to the forum.

Platt will present “Dual-Track Bias,” his forthcoming paper in the Washington University Law Review, which identifies features of the dual-track process that systematically favor acquisitions over initial public offerings.

“I am honored to have my paper, ‘Dual Track Bias,’ selected for the Harvard/Yale/Stanford Junior Faculty Forum. This recognition is a testament to KU Law’s outstanding commitment to research and a vibrant intellectual community,” Platt said. “I am grateful to my colleagues for all of their support and feedback, and I look forward to discussing my work with some of the field's leading experts.”

This year’s forum, to be held at Yale Law School on May 21–22, 2026, will feature scholarship spanning public and private law, legal theory and law and the humanities. The event aims to promote in-depth discussion of participants’ papers, encourage broader reflection on methodological issues and foster a stronger sense of community among legal scholars, particularly by strengthening connections between junior and senior faculty.