Educational Data



     Institutions Attended and Degrees Received

     Yale Law School, 1977 - 1979. J.D., 1979. Received Honors grades in three-quarters of
courses.
     Columbia University Law School, 1976 - 1977.
     Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand), 1976. Wrote thesis on the history of New
Zealand pension law and received M.A. in History.
     Yale University, 1972 - 1975. B.A., 1975. Double major in History and English.
     Princeton University, 1971 - 1972.
     The Phillips Exeter Academy, 1968 - 1971. Classical Diploma, 1971. Completed high school
in three years.

     Academic Honors

     Stessin Prize for Outstanding Scholarship, 1993-94. Awarded in University-wide competition for article Why Constitutional Lawyers and Historians Should Take a Fresh Look at the Emergence of the Constitution from the Confederation Period: The Case of the Drafting of the Articles of Confederation.
     Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, 1992. Chosen in University-wide competition to deliver lecture based on article The Law as King and the King as Law: Is a President Immune from Criminal Prosecution Before Impeachment?
     Editor, Yale Law Journal.
     Columbia Law Review (elected but did not serve, due to transfer).
     Stone Scholar, 1977.
     Young B. Smith Prize, 1977 (for the best year's work in Torts).
     Fulbright Scholarship, 1975 - 1976 (used for travel around the world and study in New Zealand).
     John Addison Porter Prize, 1975 (for Senior Essay on the Articles of Confederation).
     Andrew D. White Prize, 1973 (for an essay on the history of libel law).
     Blackmar Prize, 1971 (for the best year's work in American History).
 
 

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