Professor Bayer earned both a J.D. degree and an M.A. in Sociology from New York University Law School in 1978. In 1984, he earned an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. He came to the Boyd School of Law from St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, Florida where he served as Assistant Professor and Director of the Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing Program. In addition to teaching stints at Boston College Law School, the University of Baltimore Law School, and the University of Miami School of Law, Professor Bayer worked as Senior Patient Advocate for Quantum Health Resources, Trial Attorney for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Staff Attorney for the Center for Advocacy, Research, and Planning. He also clerked for the Honorable Clifford Scott Green, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Professor Bayer teaches Lawyering Process, Jurisprudence, Administrative Law, Employment Discrimination, and Judicial Writing.