Robert Post (law professor)
Robert Post | |
|---|---|
 Post in 2012 | |
| 16th Dean of Yale Law School | |
| In office 2009–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Harold Hongju Koh |
| Succeeded by | Heather K. Gerken |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Charles Post October 17, 1947 New York City, U.S. |
| Relations | Ted Post (father) |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, PhD) Yale University (JD) |
Robert Charles Post (born October 17, 1947) is an American legal scholar who is currently a professor of law at Yale Law School.[1] He was the dean of Yale Law School from 2009 to 2017.[2] Post has been quoted in the New York Times on the composition of the Supreme Court.[3] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2011.[4] Post's academic interests include constitutional law, First Amendment, legal history, and affirmative action. His book entitled, Citizens Divided (2014), looks at the constitutional aspects of electoral campaign finance.[5][6]
Biography
[edit]Post received his bachelor of arts from Harvard University in 1969 and earned his juris doctor from Yale Law School in 1977. While at Yale, he served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal. After law school, Post was a law clerk for D.C. Circuit Judge David L. Bazelon and Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.
Post subsequently earned a Ph.D. in History of American Civilization from Harvard University. He then worked briefly in private practice of law.
Post began teaching law at Berkeley School of Law at University of California in 1983. Post moved from Berkeley Law to Yale Law School in 2003. He succeeded Harold Koh as dean of the law school when Koh was appointed to serve as Legal Adviser to the U.S. State Department.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ SHERYL GAY STOLBERG (May 25, 2010). "At Harvard, Kagan Aimed Sights Higher". The New York Times: Politics. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
While Mr. Summers interviewed other candidates, including Robert C. Post, now the dean of the Yale Law School,
- ^ Ashby Jones (June 22, 2009). "Robert C. Post Named Yale Law's New Dean". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
It's been rumored for a few weeks that Yale law professor Robert Post would get the nod to replace Harold Koh as dean of the law school after Koh was tapped to become a lawyer for the State Department.
- ^ LINDA GREENHOUSE (September 4, 2005). "William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Is Dead at 80". The New York Times. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
"Rehnquist is the opposite of Scalia," Professor Robert C. Post of the Yale Law School said in an interview.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ^ Post, Robert C. (October 17, 2016). Citizens Divided. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-97093-9.
- ^ "Citizens Divided: Campaign Finance Reform and the Constitution—A Book by Dean Robert C. Post '77". Yale Law School. December 17, 2015.
External links
[edit]- Robert Post on Yale Law School's website
- Post, Robert: Falling Far and Fast: The Turn Against Free Speech in America, Verfassungsblog on September 21, 2025
- What's going on with the Freedom of Speech? An Interview with Robert Post, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School and former Dean of the School by Julian Zelizer on September 26, 2025
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