Laura Beny is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School. She earned her MA and PhD in Economics at Harvard University, her JD at Harvard Law School, and her BA, with distinction, in Economics at Stanford University. Beny won the Harvard Prize and National Science Foundation Fellowships during her work toward her PhD at Harvard University.  At Harvard Law School, she won the John M. Olin Prize for Outstanding Paper in Law and Economics and was a John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics from 1997 to 2001.  Beny has taught Corporate Finance, Enterprise Organization, International Finance, the Public Corporation, Law and Development, and an advanced seminar in Law and Finance. Her works have been published in many reputable journals, including the American Economic Review, the American Law and Economics Review, and the Journal of Corporation Law. Beny was a visiting professor at Duke University School of Law.