Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs
Taubman Center

Justin Driver – School Equity, School Exclusion, and the Supreme Court

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

McKinney Conference Room

The Harry N. Wyatt Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, Justin Driver received his undergraduate degree from Brown University, a master's degree in teaching from Duke University, and a master's degree in modern history from Magdalen College, University of Oxford, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar. In 2004, he graduated from Harvard Law School, where he was an Articles Editor and Book Reviews Chair of the Harvard Law Review. Driver served as a law clerk to Judge Merrick B. Garland, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Justice Stephen Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States.

His principal research interests include constitutional law, constitutional theory, and the intersection of race with legal institutions. Prior to joining the University of Chicago Law School faculty, Driver was a visiting professor at Harvard, Stanford, and the University of Virginia. He began his career in legal academia at the University of Texas in 2009.