Professor Laurence is the author of several publications on Creditor’s Remedies and Debtors’ Rights and American Indian Law. He received his undergraduate degree at Ohio State University, a master’s degree in education at the University of Alberta, and his J.D. magna cum laude at the University of New Mexico. He received a graduate law degree from the University of Illinois, where he was a teaching fellow. He was assistant professor of law at the University of North Dakota, and a visiting assistant professor of law at The University of New Mexico. Professor Laurence taught principally in the area of commercial law and won numerous teaching awards.