Roger Fairfax | |
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| Dean of the Howard University School of Law | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Lisa Crooms-Robinson |
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| Born | Roger Anthony Fairfax Jr. |
| Spouse | Lisa Fairfax |
| Relatives | Justin Fairfax (brother) |
| Education | Harvard University (BA,JD) University of London (MA) |
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Roger Anthony Fairfax Jr. is an American legal scholar who is Dean of the Howard University School of Law.
Roger Fairfax Jr. attended Harvard College before completing a master's degree from the University of London. [1] [2] He also attended Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington,D.C. [3] While a student at Harvard Law School,Fairfax edited the Harvard Law Review . He was a law clerk for Patti B. Saris and later Judith W. Rogers. [4]
Roger Fairfax Jr. is the eldest son of Roger Sr. and Charlene Fairfax. [5] Fairfax Jr.'s youngest brother,Justin Fairfax, [6] served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022. The Fairfax family can trace its ancestry to Simon Fairfax,a slave freed by Thomas Fairfax,9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. [7]
Roger Fairfax Jr. and his wife Lisa Fairfax raised three children. [5] [8]
Fairfax is an elected member of the American Law Institute. [9] Fairfax was a federal prosecutor and worked for O'Melveny &Myers before joining the George Washington University Law School faculty,where he served as Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law until 2021, [10] when he was appointed dean of the Washington College of Law at American University. [11] [12] In 2024,Fairfax became dean of the Howard University School of Law. [13] Fairfax is also the chair of Archbishop Carroll High School's board of directors. [3]
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