Dr. Stephen Gardbaum

Biography

Stephen Gardbaum holds the Stephen Yeazell Endowed Chair at UCLA School of Law, where he teaches courses on constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, European Union law, and international human rights. An internationally recognized constitutional scholar, Gardbaum was a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow and a 2012-13 Straus Fellow at New York University. He has taught at various institutions including Northwestern University School of Law and has been a visiting professor at law schools across the globe. His research focuses on comparative constitutional law and constitutional theory, resulting in significant publications such as 'New Commonwealth Model Constitutionalism: Theory and Practice' published by Cambridge University Press in 2013. His scholarship has been widely cited by courts in Canada, India, and the United States. Gardbaum received his B.A. with class honors from Oxford University, an M.Sc. from the University of London, a Ph.D. from Columbia University, and a J.D. from Yale Law School. He was awarded the university-wide Distinguished Teaching Award in 2025, recognizing his outstanding contributions to legal education at UCLA.

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