Dr. Ashraf Ahmed

Biography

Ashraf Ahmed is an Associate Professor at Columbia Law School, specializing in legal theory, constitutional law, election law, and administrative law. He holds a Ph.D. in political theory from Columbia University, a J.D. from Yale Law School, an M.Phil. from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and an A.B. from Harvard College. His research focuses on the nature of legal argument and constitutional norms, exploring the intellectual history and political philosophy underlying public law. Ahmed has published articles in prominent journals including the Michigan Law Review and the Harvard Law Review, and his co-authored article for Harvard Law Review received the American Bar Association’s Administrative Law Section Annual Scholarship Award. He also co-directs Columbia Law School’s Law & Philosophy Workshop, examining the tensions within “practice-based” constitutional theories and contributing to ongoing projects on interpretive constitutional theory. Ahmed is engaged in teaching various law courses, including Torts and Constitutional Law.

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