“Like many other members of our faculty, I spend a lot of time advising students on career issues. Staying in touch with my former students and following their success in their legal careers is one of the most rewarding things about my job.”
 
Ben Barros is an expert on property law. He teaches the first-year Property course and upper-level courses in related areas. His research focuses on property law and theory, property law reform, and constitutional property issues.
In addition to many articles in leading law reviews, Professor Barros is the author, with Anna Hemingway, of an innovative new property textbook to be published by Aspen/Wolters Kluwer in early 2015.  He is also the editor of Hernando De Soto and Property in a Market Economy, a book that explores the thinking of one of the world’s leading public intellectuals and its implications for property law and theory. Professor Barros has done graduate work in philosophy, and in addition to his legal scholarship he occasionally publishes articles on the philosophy of science.
Professor Barros is a leader in the community of property scholars. He has served as chair of the AALS Property Section and as president of the Association for Law, Property, and Society. He is now the founding editor of the Journal of Law, Property, and Society, a new journal being published by ALPS.
Professor Barros is a leader in the larger legal academic community. He currently is a member of the AALS Executive Committee and previously served as chair of the AALS Committee on Sections and Annual Meeting.
In addition to his teaching and research, Professor Barros serves as associate dean for academic affairs at Widener Law. Curriculum Vitae