Education
PhD, Erasmus University Rotterdam
MA, Erasmus University Rotterdam
JD, University of Pittsburgh
BS, Grove City College

Frank Fagan is a Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law Houston. His research examines systems governance, AI risk and containment, institutional design, and data-intensive regulatory environments. His scholarship has been published in the University of Chicago Law Review, Cornell Law Review, the Southern California Law Review, and other leading journals.

His current work explores AI containment and resource cutoff, training data governance, and transparency in clinical-trial and health-related data, with forthcoming publications in the Notre Dame Journal of Emerging Technologies, the NYU Journal of Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law, and the Washington University Law & Policy Review.

He is co-editor of the Research in Law & Economics book series (Emerald) and editor of the AI Law Blawg, which curates developments in AI governance and knowledge systems. Before joining academia, he practiced law at the U.S. Department of Labor and worked in corporate finance at JP Morgan, later founding a merchant banking firm. His work frequently engages questions at the intersection of law, economics, and emerging technologies.