Matthew T. Phillips JD

EMAIL: phillimt@wfu.edu

PHONE: (336) 758-2537

OFFICE: Farrell 330

Matthew Phillips is the associate provost for strategic initiatives, teaching professor of business law and ethics, and Exxon-Calloway Faculty Fellow. In his administrative role, he focuses on the alignment of academic resources and strategic priorities and he works with the deans, the Faculty Senate, and other university offices on faculty policy and governance.

He has received awards for excellence in teaching, including the "Ideas Worth Teaching" Award from the Aspen Institute in 2017, and he was named the 2015 Charles M. Hewitt Master Teacher by the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. He previously served as associate dean for MBA programs and director of an academic center.

Matthew received undergraduate and law degrees from Wake Forest and a Master of Divinity degree from Duke University, where he focused on the intersections of law and religion in American history. He has done additional academic work, concentrating on leadership and strategy, at the U.S. Air Force's Air University. He is admitted to practice law before state and federal courts of North Carolina, the United States Tax Court, and the United States Supreme Court. He is certified by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission as a Superior Court Mediator (currently inactive).

Matthew is past president of both the Wake Forest Faculty Senate and the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. He is also a member of the North Carolina Bar Association and its dispute resolution section. As an instrument-rated private pilot, Matthew enjoys flying single-engine planes, and he is a pilot and legal officer in the Civil Air Patrol (the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary).

Business Ethics; Professions and Professional Ethics; Character and Leadership; Law; Foundations of Law; Property Rights; Non-Profit Management; Dispute Resolution; Mediation; Law and Religion; Income Tax; Estate Planning and Administration; Trust Administration

• Property Rights
• Business Ethics
• Professions and Professional Ethics
• Philosophical and Economic Foundations of Business Law