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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2022
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Carl J. Circo

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Ben J. Altheimer Professor of Legal Advocacy

Also affiliated: Washington University in St. Louis (1981); University of Arkansas System (2019)

Faculty Researcher

5 h-index 49 pubs 74 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Carl J. Circo is the Ben J. Altheimer Professor of Legal Advocacy at the University of Arkansas School of Law, where he joined the faculty in 2003. His teaching responsibilities include Property, Real Estate Transactions, Construction Law, Land Use, and Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiating. Professor Circo earned his B.A. in Philosophy and his J.D. from the University of Nebraska, graduating first in his class. He subsequently served as a law clerk for Chief Judge Warren K. Urbom of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.

Prior to his tenure at the University of Arkansas, Circo held academic positions at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, the University of Nebraska College of Law, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. He is the author of the book "Contract Law in the Construction Industry Context" and has published extensively in the fields of real estate and construction law. He has been a fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers since 1993 and has held various leadership roles within the American Bar Association and state bar associations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 5
  • Publications: 49
  • Citations: 74

Selected Publications

  • Construction Law Apologetics (2022)
    Arkansas law review DOI OpenAlex
  • An Everyday Lawyer’s Shakespeare (2020)
    Arkansas Law Notes DOI OpenAlex
  • Contract Law in the Construction Industry Context (2019)
  • Interpreting Stale Preferential Rights to Acquire Real Estate: Beyond the Restatement of Property (2016)
    Villanova law review OpenAlex
  • Purchase Options, ROFRs, and ROFOs: Theory and Practice (2016)
    SSRN Electronic Journal OpenAlex
  • Land Use Impact Fees: Does Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District Echo an Arkansas Philosophy of Property Rights? (2014)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • A Case Study in Collaborative Technology and the Intentionally Relational Contract: Building Information Modeling and Construction Industry Contracts (2014)
    SSRN Electronic Journal 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Using Development Financing Tools to Help Cover Costs of Adapting to Climate Change in Tornado Alley and Beyond (2013)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Teaching Transactional Skills in Partnership with the Bar (2011)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Will Green Building Contracts Transform Construction and Design Law (2011)
    SSRN Electronic Journal 2 citations OpenAlex
  • An Educational Partnership Model for Establishing, Structuring, and Implementing a Successful Corporate Counsel Externship (2010)
    SSRN Electronic Journal OpenAlex
  • Does Sustainability Require a New Theory of Property Rights? (2009)
    Kansas Law Review 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Does Sustainability Require a New Theory of Property Rights? (2009)
    SSRN Electronic Journal 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Should Owners and Developers of Low-Performance Buildings Pay Impact or Mitigation Fees to Finance Green Building Incentive Programs and Other Sustainable Development Initiatives? (2009)
    The William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository (William & Mary) 1 citation OpenAlex
  • Using Mandates and Incentives to Promote Sustainable Construction and Green Building Projects in the Private Sector: A Call for More State Land Use Policy Initiatives (2007)
    eYLS (Yale Law School) 43 citations OpenAlex

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