Dr. Ernest Young

Biography

Ernest Young is the Alston & Bird Distinguished Professor at Duke University School of Law, where he has been a faculty member since 2008. He is recognized as one of the nation's leading authorities on constitutional law and federalism, having written extensively on the Rehnquist Court's "Federalist Revival" and the challenges courts face in drawing lines between national and state authority. In addition to teaching constitutional law, federal courts, and foreign relations law, Young also engages in active commentary on the intersection of domestic and supranational courts and the application of international law in domestic contexts. He has made scholarly contributions to constitutional interpretation and constitutional theory and has interests in maritime law and comparative constitutional law. Young graduated from Dartmouth College in 1990 and Harvard Law School in 1993, and he has served as a law clerk for Judge Michael Boudin on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court. His professional experience includes practices at Cohan, Simpson, Cowlishaw, & Wulff and Covington & Burling, focusing on appellate litigation. He has also been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School and Villanova University School of Law, and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center. He was elected to the American Law Institute in 2006 and has authored amicus briefs for significant Supreme Court cases.

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