Daniel Halberstam

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Daniel H. Halberstam
Born1966/1967(age 55–56)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Yale Law School
Columbia University
Spouse
(m. 1996)
Scientific career
Fields Constitutional law
Comparative federalism
European Union
Institutions University of Michigan Law School

Daniel H. Halberstam (born 1966 or 1967) is a legal scholar focusing on comparative constitutional law, transnational law and European law. Halberstam is the Eric Stein Collegiate Professor of Law and Director of the European Legal Studies Program at the University of Michigan Law School. [1] He is also professor at College of Europe.

Halberstam earned his B.A. summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, in mathematics from Columbia University and his J.D. from Yale Law School where he served as an articles editor of the Yale Law Journal . He then served as a law clerk to Judge Patricia Wald of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and for Justice David Souter of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Halberstam is married to Ellen D. Katz, also a professor at the University of Michigan Law School. [2]

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References

  1. Faculty Bio: Daniel Halberstam, University of Michigan Law School.
  2. Wedding Announcement, Ellen Katz and Daniel Halberstam, N.Y. Times (December 1, 1996).