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Justin Driver is an American legal scholar. He is the Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law and counselor to the dean at Yale Law School, where he has taught since 2019.[1] Prior to joining the faculty at Yale, Driver taught at the University of Chicago Law School, where he was the Harry N. Wyatt Professor of Law.
He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[2] and the American Law Institute. In 2021, Driver was appointed by President Joe Biden to serve on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States.[3] In 2024, Driver was appointed to serve on the U.S. Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise.[4]
Early life and education
[edit]Justin Driver was raised in a predominantly black neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C. As a child, he commuted across the city, to attend Alice Deal Middle School in the more affluent Chevy Chase neighborhood.[5][6]
Driver earned his B.A. degree with honors in public policy from Brown University in 1997. He subsequently earned an M.A. in teaching from Duke University in 1998, an M.St. in modern history from Magdalen College, Oxford, in 2000, and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 2004.[7][8] Driver served as a law clerk to Judge Merrick Garland on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court of the United States.[9]
Career
[edit]Driver joined the University of Texas School of Law in 2009.[10] He became the Harry N. Wyatt Professor of Law at the University of Chicago in 2014.[11] Driver was a member of the American Law Institute[12] and of the American Constitution Society’s Academic Advisory Board.[13] Driver was an editor of The Supreme Court Review.[14] On April 9, 2021, Driver was named to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States.[15]
On May 26, 2022, it was reported that Driver and colleague Cristina M. Rodríguez were possibly being vetted for a vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, but he expressed no interest in that position.[16][17]
Recognition
[edit]- Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2022[2]
- Steven S. Goldberg Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Education Law, Education Law Association, 2020[18]
- Elected Member, American Law Institute, 2017[12]
- William Nelson Cromwell Article Prize, American Society for Legal History, 2013[19]
Selected publications
[edit]- The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind (2018)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Professor Justin Driver to Join Yale Law School Faculty". Yale Law School. March 18, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- 1 2 "Justin Driver". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- ↑ Gonzalez, Susan (April 28, 2022). "Eight Yale faculty members elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". YaleNews. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
- ↑ "President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions". The White House (News release). September 6, 2024. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
- ↑ "The Constitution Goes to School | University of Chicago Law School". www.law.uchicago.edu. September 4, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
- ↑ Driver, Justin (2018). The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind. New York. ISBN 978-1-101-87165-2. OCLC 1015858635.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "Justin Driver - Yale Law School". law.yale.edu. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- ↑ Justin, Driver. "Curriculum Vitae of Justin Driver" (PDF).
- ↑ "Justin Driver | Faculty | Texas Law". law.utexas.edu. Archived from the original on February 14, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- ↑ "Professor Justin Driver Elected to American Law Institute | University of Chicago Law School". www.law.uchicago.edu. October 27, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- ↑ "Justin Driver, "The Future of the Supreme Court: The Constitution of Public Schools" | University of Chicago Law School". www.law.uchicago.edu. October 16, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- 1 2 "Professor Justin Driver Elected to American Law Institute | University of Chicago Law School". www.law.uchicago.edu. October 27, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- ↑ "Justin Driver | ACS". February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- ↑ "SLCL Presents Constitutional Law Scholar and Author Justin Driver | St. Louis County Library". www.slcl.org. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- ↑ "President Biden to Sign Executive Order Creating the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States". April 9, 2021.
- ↑ "Connecticut judge breezes through committee appearance on way to likely U.S. Appeals court confirmation". May 25, 2022.
- ↑ @fedjudges (May 26, 2022). "I had assumed Judge Jesse Furman would get the nod, but it seems unlikely now. The article is likely describing Jus…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Professor Driver Receives The Steven S. Goldberg Award". law.yale.edu. November 10, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- ↑ "Justin Driver Wins 2013 Cromwell Article Prize". Texas Law News. November 20, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
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