His teaching and research interests are primarily in the fields of property, contracts, and law and economics, and he teaches or has taught courses on contracts, property, trusts and estates, behavioral law and economics, and pollution policy.
with highest honors from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he was articles editor of the Wisconsin Law Review.
Roger J. Traynor, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California, and then practiced law for two years with Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C.
In 2012, he was awarded the Brigham–Kanner Property Rights Prize from William & Mary Law School.
Krier is the father of hard rock musician and motivational speaker Andrew W.K.