Professor Chris Jaeger joined the Baylor Law faculty in Summer 2021, following two years of service as an Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering at NYU School of Law. He teaches Contracts I, Contracts II, and Alternative Dispute Resolution, and his scholarship has appeared in law reviews, books, and psychology journals. He joined the Board of Directors at the DRC in 2022.
Chris earned his B.A. with honors in Psychology from the University of Missouri. He then graduated Order of the Coif from Vanderbilt Law School.
Following law school, Chris clerked on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit for Judge Duane Benton. He then returned to Nashville, where he enjoyed a varied law practice at Stites & Harbison, PLLC, until his academic interests drew him back to Vanderbilt for his Ph.D. in psychology.
Chris and his wife, Jessica, are the proud parents of two children.
