[1] Kauper served as Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division from 1972 to 1976.
Kauper's more recent work focuses on European Union antitrust and competition law.
[1] At Michigan Law, Kauper taught property, antitrust, unfair trade practices, trusts and estates, and other courses.
[4] Kauper twice took leaves of absence from Michigan Law faculty to serve in U.S. Department of Justice posts: first as deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel from 1969 to 1971, where he was deputy to William H. Rehnquist,[5] and then as Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division from 1972 to 1976.
[1][3] Kauper retired as an active faculty member at Michigan Law and assumed emeritus status on May 31, 2008.