Purdue University, B.S., M.S.
University of Illinois, J.D.
Professor Ann M. Burkhart is an expert in the area of real estate law. She teaches property law, real estate finance and development, land use planning, and comparative property law. She has received the Stanley V. Kinyon Teaching and Counseling Award three times.
Professor Burkhart received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Purdue University. She graduated, magna cum laude, from the University of Illinois College of Law, where she was Lead Note and Comments Editor of the University of Illinois Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. After graduating from law school, Professor Burkhart clerked for the Honorable James C. Hill of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She then practiced law with Sidley & Austin in Chicago and with Alston & Bird in Atlanta.
She joined the University of Minnesota Law School faculty in 1982 and was the Julius E. Davis Professor of Law for 2002-2003. She served as the Law School's Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 1989 to 1991. Professor Burkhart is a member of the American Law Institute and was an Adviser for the Restatement (Third) of Property-Security (Mortgages). She also is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys. She is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Professor Burkhart has been a visiting professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA School of Law, Uppsala University College of Law in Sweden, and Christian-Albrechts University in Germany.
Real Estate Transfer, Finance, and Development: Cases and Materials (West, 8th ed., 2009) (with Grant Nelson, Dale Whitman & Wilson Freyermuth)
Law School Success in a Nutshell: A Guide to Studying Law and Taking Law School Exams (Thomson/West, 2d ed., 2008) (translated into Chinese) (with Robert Stein)
Property Law (West, 3d ed., 1997; 4th ed., 2003; 5th ed., 2006) (Black Letter Outlines series) (with Roger Bernhardt)
Real Property in a Nutshell (West, 4th ed., 2000; 5th ed., 2005) (translated into Chinese) (with Roger Bernhardt)
Fundamentals of Property Law (LexisNexis, 1st ed., 1999; 2d ed., 2004) (with teacher's manual) (with Barlow Burke & R.H. Helmholz)
How to Study Law and Take Law Exams in a Nutshell (West, 1996) (with Robert Stein)
Journal Articles
Takings and Trespass: Trespass Liability for Precondemnation Entries, 56 Drake Law Review 341 (2008)
