Ruth Colker | |
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Born | 1956 (age 66–67) |
Academic background | |
Education | Radcliffe College (AB) Harvard University (JD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Law |
Sub-discipline | Constitutional law Disability law |
Institutions | Tulane University University of Toronto University of Pittsburgh George Washington University Ohio State University |
Ruth Colker (born 1956) [1] is an American legal scholar working as the Distinguished Professor and Heck Faust Chair in Constitutional Law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. She was awarded the 2009 Distinguished University Professor by the university. [2]
Colker earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in social studies from Radcliffe College in 1978 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1981. [3]
Colker's scholarship focuses on constitutional and disability law. [4] [5] She spent four years as a trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. Prior to joining Ohio State University,she worked as a professor at the Tulane University Law School,University of Toronto Faculty of Law,University of Pittsburgh School of Law,and George Washington University Law School. [6]
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