The University of Chicago Law School is the law school of the University of Chicago,a private research university in Chicago,Illinois. It employs more than 180 full-time and part-time faculty and hosts more than 600 students in its Juris Doctor program,while also offering the Master of Laws,Master of Studies in Law and Doctor of Juridical Science degrees in law. The law school has the third highest percentage of recent graduates clerking for federal judges after Stanford Law School and Yale Law School.
Douglas Howard Ginsburg is an American lawyer,jurist,and academic who serves as a senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He was appointed to the D.C. Circuit in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan,and he served as its chief judge from 2001 to 2008.
James Harvie Wilkinson III is an American jurist who serves as a United States circuit judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. His name has been raised at several junctures in the past as a possible nominee to the United States Supreme Court.
A law clerk,judicial clerk,or judicial assistant is a person,often a lawyer,that provides direct counsel and assistance to a lawyer or judge by researching issues and drafting legal opinions for cases before the court. Judicial clerks often play significant roles in the formation of case law through their influence upon judges' decisions. Judicial clerks should not be confused with legal clerks,court clerks,or courtroom deputies who only provide secretarial and administrative support to attorneys and/or judges.
John Michael Luttig is an American lawyer and jurist who served as a U.S. circuit judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1991 to 2006. Luttig resigned his judicial appointment in 2006 to become the general counsel of Boeing,a position he held until 2019.
The University of Virginia School of Law is the law school of the University of Virginia,a public research university in Charlottesville,Virginia. Founded in 1819,Virginia Law is the second oldest continuously operating law school in the United States.
The Antonin Scalia Law School is the law school of George Mason University,a public research university in Virginia. It is located in Arlington,Virginia,roughly 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Washington,D.C.,and 15 miles (24 km) east-northeast of George Mason University's main campus in Fairfax,Virginia.
Notre Dame Law School is the professional graduate law school of the University of Notre Dame. Established in 1869,it is the oldest continuously operating Catholic law school in the United States.
The Melbourne University Law Review is a triannual law journal published by a student group at Melbourne Law School covering all areas of law. It is one of two student-run law journals at the University of Melbourne,the other being the Melbourne Journal of International Law. Students who have completed at least one semester of law are eligible to apply for membership of the editorial board. Applicants are assessed on the basis of their performance in a practical exercise,academic aptitude,proofreading skills,editing skills and enthusiasm. The 2023 editors-in-chief are Isabella Conte,Nuria Khasim and Rajesh Varghese.
Martin Edward Whelan III is an American lawyer,legal activist and political commentator. Whelan's legal career included clerking for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and serving as a deputy assistant attorney general during the George W. Bush administration. From 2004 to 2021,he served as the president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center,a conservative think tank "dedicated to applying the Judeo-Christian moral tradition to critical issues of public policy".
John Francis Manning is an American legal scholar who serves as the 13th Dean of Harvard Law School. He was previously the Bruce Bromley Professor of Law at Harvard Law School (HLS),where he is a scholar of administrative and constitutional law.
Haldane Robert Mayer is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Brian Timothy Fitzpatrick is an American academic and lawyer. Fitzpatrick is known for his unorthodox advocacy of class action lawsuits from a conservative point of view,and is the author of a book on the subject,The Conservative Case for Class Actions.
Paul George Cassell is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah,who is currently the Ronald N. Boyce Presidential Professor of Criminal Law and University Distinguished Professor of Law at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. He is best known as an expert in,and proponent of,victims' rights.
Thomas Rex Lee is a former American jurist who was a justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 2010 to 2022. Lee is also a lecturer on law at Harvard Law School and an adjunct professor/distinguished lecturer at Brigham Young University's (BYU) J. Reuben Clark Law School (JRCL) following his appointment to the bench.
Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard,known professionally as Nina Pillard,is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Before becoming a judge,Pillard was a tenured law professor at Georgetown University.
Pamela Ann Harris is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Prior to joining the federal bench,she was an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School,and visiting professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and executive director of its Supreme Court Institute.
Michael Hun Park is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
David A. Strauss is an American legal scholar who is currently the Gerald Ratner Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. He is a constitutional law scholar and the author of The Living Constitution (2010),an influential work on the interpretation of the Constitution of the United States and judicial decision-making. He has argued 19 cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
