Dr. Richard Fallon

Biography

Richard H. Fallon, Jr. is a prominent professor at Harvard Law School, where he joined the faculty in 1982 as an assistant professor and was promoted to full professor in 1987. He also served as the Story Professor of Law and has held an affiliate position in the Government Department. Fallon graduated from Yale University in History (1975) and later obtained his law degree from Yale Law School (1980). He also earned a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University (1977) as a Rhodes Scholar. Prior to his academic career, Fallon clerked for Judge J. Skelly Wright and Justice Lewis F. Powell on the United States Supreme Court. Fallon is noted for his extensive writings on Constitutional Law and Federal Courts Law, with significant publications including 'Nature of Constitutional Rights' and 'Law and Legitimacy of the Supreme Court'. He has been recognized as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Law Institute. He has received Harvard Law School’s Sacks-Freund Award twice for excellence in teaching, voted by the graduating class.

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