Michael J. Burstein is a Professor of Law at Cardozo Law School, where he teaches and writes about intellectual property, innovation policy, and law and entrepreneurship. He served as Vice Dean of the Law School from 2018-2023. Professor Burstein’s research focuses on how law influences the direction of innovation, collaboration and co-creation in innovative and creative ecosystems, and the law and political economy of innovation and intellectual property. His academic work draws on legal and qualitative empirical tools to address the ways in which intellectual property law, corporate law, and public law facilitate relationships among entrepreneurs and creatives, markets, and government actors and influence the production and dissemination of innovative works and ideas. His previous publications include articles about patent markets, innovation prizes, and non-IP strategies for information exchange. From 2016-208, Professor Burstein served as the Knowledge Lead of the Growth Technology practice at McKinsey & Company, the global management consultancy, where he oversaw the Firm’s research into tech startups, venture capital, and innovation ecosystems. Professor Burstein joined the Cardozo faculty in 2011. He previously was a Climenko Fellow at Harvard Law School, an appellate litigator in private practice in Washington, DC, a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, and a law clerk for Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Professor Burstein holds a J.D., magna cum laude, from the New York University School of Law and a B.A. in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry and Ethics, Politics & Economics from Yale University.