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William R. Corbett is the Frank L. Maraist Professor of Law, Wex S. Malone Professor of Law, Rosemary Neal Hawkland Professor of Law, and Cheney C. Joseph Endowed Professor #1 at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, where he joined the faculty in 1991. He holds a B.S. in Education from Auburn University (1982, highest honors) and a J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law (1989), where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Alabama Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Before entering academia, Corbett practiced labor and employment law as an associate at Burr & Forman in Birmingham, Alabama (1989-1991). His career at LSU Law includes advancement from Assistant Professor (1991-1995) to tenured Associate Professor (1995), full Professor (1999), and multiple endowed professorships. He has held significant administrative positions, including Interim Vice Chancellor and Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs (1997-2000), Executive Director of the Louisiana Judicial College (1998-2001), Interim Co-Dean and Interim Dean (2015-2016), and Executive Director of the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (2001-present). Corbett has been a visiting professor at William & Mary Law School (spring 1996) and the University of Georgia School of Law (2004, 2011, 2015).

Corbett specializes in employment law, labor law, employment discrimination, comparative labor law, torts, relational torts, federal civil procedure, and Louisiana civil procedure. His extensive scholarship has shaped discourse on reforming employment discrimination law and challenging employment at-will doctrines through tort remedies. Key publications include books such as The Global Workplace: International and Comparative Employment Law—Cases and Materials (2nd ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2012, co-author), Tort Law: The American and Louisiana Perspectives (3rd ed., Vandeplas Publishing, 2017, co-author), and Labor-Management Relations: Strikes, Lockouts and Boycotts (2nd ed., Thomson-West, 2004, co-author). Prominent articles feature “Reverse Discrimination: An Opportunity to Modernize and Improve Employment Discrimination Law” (79 U. Miami L. Rev. 160, 2024), “Reasonably Accommodating Employment Discrimination Law” (128 Penn St. L. Rev. 535, 2024), “Firing Employment at Will and Discharging Termination Claims from Employment Discrimination” (42 Cardozo L. Rev. 2281, 2021), and “Breaking Dichotomies at the Core of Employment Discrimination Law” (45 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 761, 2018). Awards include LSU Law Center Professor of the Year (2017) and Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (2018). He contributes through CLE presentations and service on ABA committees.