Richard Briffault | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Columbia University Harvard Law School |
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Fields | Constitutional law |
Institutions | Columbia Law School |
Richard Briffault is an American legal scholar. He is the Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation at Columbia Law School.
Briffault earned a bachelor's degree from Columbia University in 1974. [1] During his undergraduate studies, Briffault served as managing editor of the Columbia Daily Spectator . [2] He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1977. [1]
Briffault subsequently clerked for Shirley Hufstedler, worked for Hugh Carey, and joined the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Briffault began teaching at Columbia Law School in 1983, and was later named the Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation. [1] His specialty is constitutional law, government regulation, and election law. [3] [4]
From 2014 to 2020, he served as Chairman of the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board. [5] [6]
He married Canadian economist Sherry Glied in 1993. [7] Glied currently serves as the Dean of New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
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