Laurence Tribe

Laurence Henry Tribe (born October 10, 1941) is an American legal scholar who is a University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. He previously served as the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard Law School.

Laurence Tribe
Tribe in 2019
Born
Laurence Henry Tribe

(1941-10-10) October 10, 1941
Shanghai, China
AwardsAmerican Philosophical Society’s Henry M. Phillips Prize in Jurisprudence (2013)
Academic background
EducationHarvard University (AB, JD)
Influences
  • Tobriner
  • Stewart
  • Ely
Academic work
DisciplineConstitutional law
Notable studentsBarack Obama
Ted Cruz
John Roberts
Elena Kagan
Merrick Garland
Kathleen Sullivan
Jamie Raskin
Adam Schiff

A constitutional law scholar, Tribe is co-founder of the American Constitution Society. He is also the author of American Constitutional Law (1978), a major treatise in that field, and has argued before the United States Supreme Court 36 times. Tribe was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2010.

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