Stephen Gillers

Stephen Gillers (born 1943) is a professor emeritus at the New York University School of Law. He is often cited as an expert in legal ethics.

Biography

Stephen M. Gillers was born in 1943. ^[1] After graduating from Brooklyn College with a B.A. in 1964, he received his J.D. in 1968 from the New York University School of Law. ^[2]

Gillers annually co-authors Regulation of Lawyers: Statutes and Standards (with Professor Roy Simon of Hofstra).

Gillers' political activism includes calling on then-presidential candidate John Kerry in 2004 to name former U.S. President Bill Clinton as his running mate in a New York Times op-ed. ^[3]

Gillers has also been critical of U.S. Supreme Court Justices accepting paid trips to legal seminars. ^[4]

In 2024, after a "Stop The Steal" flag was hoisted at Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr's home, Gillers said he found it "impossible to believe" that Alito, who blamed the flag on his wife, knew about the flag. ^[5] Gillers said, no "objective observer would question Alito’s impartiality based on this incident." ^[5]

References

1. "Gillers, Stephen, 1943- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies". id.loc.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
2. "Biographical Sketches of Participants Conference on the Commercialization of the Legal Profession 45 South Carolina Law Review 1993-1994". South Carolina Law Review. 45. Heinonline.org: 879. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
3. Gillers, Stephen (March 3, 2004). "The Next Best Thing to Being President". The New York Times.
4. Ross, Brian (January 23, 2006). "Supreme Ethics Problem?". ABC News.
5. Jouvenal, Justin; Marimow, Ann E. (2024-05-17). "Upside-down flag flew at Justice Alito's house after neighbor dispute". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286.

Further reading

• Regulation of Lawyers (7th ed., Aspen L. & Bus. 2005). ISBN   0-7355-5256-8
• "The Perjury Loophole". The New York Times . February 18, 1998.