Michael Stokes Paulsen

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Michael Paulsen
Born
Michael Stokes Paulsen

(1959-04-24) April 24, 1959 (age 65)
Education Northwestern University (BA)
Yale University (MA, JD)
Occupations
  • Legal scholar
  • author
  • professor
Spouse
Kristen Stokes Paulsen
(m. 1987)

Michael Stokes Paulsen (born April 24, 1959) is an American legal scholar. [1] He is a professor and the Distinguished University Chair at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, and was previously the McKnight Presidential Professor of Law & Public Policy at the University of Minnesota Law School. [2]

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Early life and education

Paulsen was born on April 24, 1959. He enrolled in Northwestern University in 1977, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in economics with distinction in 1981 and membership in Phi Beta Kappa. [3] After graduation, Paulsen attended the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where he was selected for the Northwestern Law Review , for one year before transferring to Yale University, where he dual enrolled in Yale Divinity School and Yale Law School. [4]

Paulsen attended Yale from 1982 until 1985, earning a Master of Arts in religion and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Yale Divinity School and Yale Law School in 1985, respectively. At Yale Law, he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal . [4]

In 1991, Paulsen became an associate professor at the University of Minnesota Law School; he was promoted to a full-time professorship in 1998. He was the university's Julius E. Davis Professor from 1998–1999, an associate dean from 2004–2007, and was appointed as the McKnight Presidential Professor of Law & Public Policy in 2004, serving in that position until 2007. In 2007, Paulsen became a professor of law and the Distinguished University Chair at the University of St. Thomas School of Law. [4]

Stokes is a political conservative. He regularly speaks at the Federalist Society. [5]

Personal life

Paulsen married his wife, Kristen Stokes Paulsen, in 1987. He has two children: Luke Douglas Paulsen and Caroline Margaret Paulsen. [4]

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