Justin Driver

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Justin Driver is an American legal scholar. He is the Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law and Counselor to the Dean at Yale Law School, where he has taught since 2019. [1] Prior to joining the faculty at Yale, Driver taught at the University of Chicago Law School, where he was the Harry N. Wyatt Professor of Law.

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He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences [2] and the American Law Institute. In 2021, Driver was appointed by President Joe Biden to serve on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. [3] In 2024, Driver was appointed to serve on the U.S. Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise. [4]

Early life and education

Justin Driver was raised in predominantly black neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C. As a child, he commuted across the city, to attend Alice Deal Middle School in the more affluent Chevy Chase neighborhood. [5] [6]

Driver earned his Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in Public Policy from Brown University in 1997. He subsequently earned a Master of Arts in Teaching from Duke University in 1998, a Master of Studies in Modern History from Magdalen College, Oxford in 2000, and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 2004. [7] [8] Driver served as a law clerk to Judge Merrick Garland on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court of the United States. [9]

Career

Driver joined the University of Texas School of Law in 2009. [10] He became the Harry N. Wyatt Professor of Law at the University of Chicago in 2014. [11] Driver was a member of the American Law Institute [12] and of the American Constitution Society’s Academic Advisory Board. [13] Driver was an editor of The Supreme Court Review. [14] On April 9, 2021, Driver was named to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. [15]

On May 26, 2022, it was reported that Connecticut Supreme Court justice Maria Araújo Kahn and two Yale Law School professors Cristina M. Rodríguez & Justin Driver were possibly being vetted for a vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, but he expressed no interest in that position. [16] [17]

Recognition

Selected publications

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  1. ↑ "Professor Justin Driver to Join Yale Law School Faculty". law.yale.edu. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  2. 1 2 "Justin Driver". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  3. ↑ Gonzalez, Susan (2022-04-28). "Eight Yale faculty members elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". YaleNews. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  4. ↑ House, The White (2024-09-06). "President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions". The White House. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  5. ↑ "The Constitution Goes to School | University of Chicago Law School". www.law.uchicago.edu. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  6. ↑ Driver, Justin (2018). The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind. New York. ISBN   978-1-101-87165-2. OCLC   1015858635.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ↑ "Justin Driver - Yale Law School". law.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  8. ↑ Justin, Driver. "Curriculum Vitae of Justin Driver" (PDF).
  9. ↑ "Justin Driver | Faculty | Texas Law". law.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  10. ↑ "Professor Justin Driver Elected to American Law Institute | University of Chicago Law School". www.law.uchicago.edu. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  11. ↑ "Justin Driver, "The Future of the Supreme Court: The Constitution of Public Schools" | University of Chicago Law School". www.law.uchicago.edu. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  12. 1 2 "Professor Justin Driver Elected to American Law Institute | University of Chicago Law School". www.law.uchicago.edu. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  13. ↑ "Justin Driver | ACS". 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  14. ↑ "SLCL Presents Constitutional Law Scholar and Author Justin Driver | St. Louis County Library". www.slcl.org. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  15. ↑ "President Biden to Sign Executive Order Creating the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States". 9 April 2021.
  16. ↑ "Connecticut judge breezes through committee appearance on way to likely U.S. Appeals court confirmation". 25 May 2022.
  17. ↑ @fedjudges (26 May 2022). "I had assumed Judge Jesse Furman would get the nod, but it seems unlikely now. The article is likely describing Jus…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. ↑ "Professor Driver Receives The Steven S. Goldberg Award". law.yale.edu. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  19. ↑ "Justin Driver Wins 2013 Cromwell Article Prize". Texas Law News. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
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