Paul Gewirtz
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Paul D. Gewirtz is the Potter Stewart
Professor of Constitutional Law
at Yale Law School
and the Director of the China Law Center at Yale.
degree from Columbia University
in 1967 and J.D.
degree from Yale Law School
in 1970. After graduation, he was admitted to the bar in Washington, D.C.
and worked as a law clerk
for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Marvin E. Frankel
from 1970 to 1971, and a law clerk for the U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
from 1971 to 1972. He has been a professor at Yale Law School
since 1976.
Gewirtz played various roles in Clinton administration. He was the U.S. representative in European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe
from 1996 to 2000, and was the special representative for the Presidential Rule of Law Initiative
, U.S. Department of State from 1997 to 1998. He also was a consultant to the Solicitor General of the United States in 1997.
Gewirtz has organized the annual seminar of "Global Constitutionalism Seminar" since 1996. He established the China Law Center at Yale in 1999.
He was married to Zoë Baird
from 1986 to 2008, and has two sons.
Potter Stewart
Potter Stewart was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. During his tenure, he made, among other areas, major contributions to criminal justice reform, civil rights, access to the courts, and Fourth Amendment jurisprudence.-Education:Stewart was born in Jackson, Michigan,...
Professor of Constitutional Law
Constitutional law
Constitutional law is the body of law which defines the relationship of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the legislature and the judiciary....
at Yale Law School
Yale Law School
Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
and the Director of the China Law Center at Yale.
Biography
Gewirtz received his A.B.Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degree from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in 1967 and J.D.
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
degree from Yale Law School
Yale Law School
Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
in 1970. After graduation, he was admitted to the bar in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
and worked as a law clerk
Law clerk
A law clerk or a judicial clerk is a person who provides assistance to a judge in researching issues before the court and in writing opinions. Law clerks are not court clerks or courtroom deputies, who are administrative staff for the court. Most law clerks are recent law school graduates who...
for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Marvin E. Frankel
Marvin E. Frankel
Marvin E. Frankel was a litigator, a United States federal judge on the Southern District of New York, a professor at Columbia Law School, and a legal scholar whose views helped to establish sentencing guidelines for the federal courts.-Biography:Born in New York, New York, Frankel was in the...
from 1970 to 1971, and a law clerk for the U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States...
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from October 1967 until October 1991...
from 1971 to 1972. He has been a professor at Yale Law School
Yale Law School
Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
since 1976.
Gewirtz played various roles in Clinton administration. He was the U.S. representative in European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is an international organisation promoting co-operation between all countries of Europe in the areas of legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation...
from 1996 to 2000, and was the special representative for the Presidential Rule of Law Initiative
Presidential Rule of Law Initiative
Presidential Rule of Law Initiative, or US-China Rule of Law Initiative, was a project between the United States and People's Republic of China to expand bilateral cooperation in the field of law....
, U.S. Department of State from 1997 to 1998. He also was a consultant to the Solicitor General of the United States in 1997.
Gewirtz has organized the annual seminar of "Global Constitutionalism Seminar" since 1996. He established the China Law Center at Yale in 1999.
He was married to Zoë Baird
Zoë Baird
Zoë Eliot Baird is an American lawyer who is president of the Markle Foundation. She is most known for her role in the Nannygate matter of 1993.-Biography:...
from 1986 to 2008, and has two sons.
Selected publications
- "Remedies and Resistance", Yale Law JournalYale Law JournalThe Yale Law Journal is a student-run law review affiliated with the Yale Law School. Published continuously since 1891, it is the most widely known of the eight law reviews published by students at Yale Law School...
Vol.92, No.4, March 1983. - "Choice in the Transition: School Desegregation and the Corrective Ideal", Columbia Law ReviewColumbia Law ReviewThe Columbia Law Review is a law review edited and published by students at Columbia Law School. In addition to articles, the journal regularly publishes scholarly essays and student notes. It was founded in 1901 by Joseph E. Corrigan and John M. Woolsey, who served as the review's first...
, Vol.86, No.4, May 1986, pp. 728–798. - "Aeschylus' Law", Harvard Law ReviewHarvard Law ReviewThe Harvard Law Review is a journal of legal scholarship published by an independent student group at Harvard Law School.-Overview:According to the 2008 Journal Citation Reports, the Review is the most cited law review and has the second-highest impact factor in the category "law" after the...
, Vol.101, No.5, March 1988. - Law's Stories: Narrative and Rhetoric in the Law, co-editor with Peter BrooksPeter BrooksPeter Brooks is Sterling Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Yale University and Andrew W. Mellon Scholar in the department of Comparative Literature and the Center for Human Values at Princeton University. He is formerly Professor in the Department of English and School of Law at the...
, Yale University PressYale University PressYale University Press is a book publisher founded in 1908 by George Parmly Day. It became an official department of Yale University in 1961, but remains financially and operationally autonomous....
, 1996 (ISBN 0-300-07490-5 ) - "On 'I know it when I see itI know it when I see itThe phrase "I know it when I see it" is a colloquial expression within the United States by which a speaker attempts to categorize an observable fact or event, although the category is subjective or lacks clearly defined parameters. The phrase was famously used by United States Supreme Court...
'", Yale Law Journal Vol.105, pp1023–1047 (1996)