Prof. dr. Frank Fleerackers (KU Leuven), Lic.Iur., B.Phil., LL.M., Ph.D., studied law and philosophy at Leuven University (B), King’s College (UK), MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, and graduated from Harvard University (US). He earned his Master of Laws degree at Harvard Law School with a thesis on legal analysis and negotiation; his succeeding doctoral dissertation and monograph on conflict resolution Affective Legal Analysis (Leuven) was published in the renowned Duncker & Humblot jurisprudence series Rechtstheorie (Berlin). Dr. Fleerackers is Professor of Law and Jurisprudence at KU Leuven University. Courses taught: Principles of Law at KU Leuven, Brussels and Tilburg Universities; Arbitration and Negotiation at VU Brussels University; Alternative Dispute Resolution, visiting positions held at distinguished universities including Harvard and M.I.T. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Fleerackers is Commissioner of the High Council of Justice and sits on the Judicial Appointments Commission; former Dean of the KU Brussels Law Faculty and two-term President of the Flanders Academics Association. Dr. Fleerackers publishes widely on law and jurisprudence, authored/edited sixteen books and directs the Advocare research institute for conflict analysis and resolution enhancement. Authored books include: Affective Legal Analysis, On the Resolution of Conflict; Het Vel van de Rechter, Van Oordeelsvorming tot Conflictregeling; Het Recht van de Filosoof, Juridisch Glossarium voor Geschillenregeling; forthcoming monograph on legal thinking. Prof. Fleerackers conducts negotiation training and consulting in international settings, cofounded the EMTPJ training programme for European Mediators under the auspices of the EU Commission and Negotiare. As a conflict resolution lawyer and negotiator, Dr. Fleerackers is a former President of the Vlaams Pleitgenootschap Brussels law society and member of the Brussels and National Bar Councils.
At Pareto, he advises the board on juridical matters.