Professor Robert A. Stein

Robert Stein is the Everett Fraser Professor of Law at the University Minnesota Law School, where he was Dean from 1979 to 1994. He specializes in the areas of estate planning, trusts, and probate law. He served as the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the American Bar Association for 12 years before rejoining the law faculty in 2006.

Professor Stein was a visiting professor at the University of Chicago Law School in 1975-76 and UCLA Law School in 1969-70. He was a visiting scholar at the American Bar Foundation in 1975-77. He also is of counsel to the law firm of Gray Plant Mooty. Professor Stein was elected to the ALI Council in 1987.

EDUCATION: University of Minnesota, B.A.; University of Minnesota Law School, J.D.