Fernando Mendoza Lopez

Office: Swen Parson 192C

Email: fmendozalopez@niu.edu

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About

Fernando Mendoza Lopez is an Assistant Professor at the NIU College of Law. He teaches Contracts, Government Contracts, Antitrust and Business Associations. His research explores the intersection of contract law, law and economics, and administrative law. He is particularly interested in how governments use their contracts to achieve policy goals such as efficiency, accountability and fairness. His work has appeared in both law reviews and economics journals, including the Marquette Law Review, American University Law Review, Economics Letters and Contemporary Economic Policy.

Before joining NIU, Professor Mendoza Lopez was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. Prior to entering academia, he served as the Director of Economic Studies for Mexico's federal government contracting authority, advising on public procurement policy, strategy and reform initiatives.

He holds master's degrees in economics and international trade and finance, as well as a J.D. and Ph.D. in Law and Economics from Vanderbilt University.

Education

• B.A., Tec de Monterrey
• M.A., Yonsei University
• M.A., University of Texas at Austin
• J.D./Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Publications

• Playing it Safe or Playing Favorites? Miller Act Bonds and the Cost of Exclusion, 75 Am. U. L. Rev. 923 (2026).
• Pricing Lies: Government Contracts and the False Claims Act, 109 Marq. L. Rev. 821 (2026).
• Centralized Procurement: Use of Framework Agreements in Mexico, Contemp. Econ. Pol'y (2025).
• Socioeconomic Policies in Public Procurement: What Should We be Asking of Public Procurement Systems?, 52 U. Mem. L. Rev. 155 (2021), with Joni Hersch.
• Estimating Years of Education Using the Current Population Survey after 2014, 189 Econ. Letters 1 (2020), with Joni Hersch and Jennifer Bennett Shinall.