Deborah Jones Merritt

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Deborah Jones Merritt is an American legal scholar.

Merritt earned a bachelor of arts degree in history at Harvard College in 1977, and subsequently graduated from Columbia Law School in 1980. She was the John Deaver Drinko–Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. [1]

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References

  1. "Deborah Jones Merritt". Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Retrieved 26 June 2022.