Dr. Stephen Sachs

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Stephen E. Sachs is the Antonin Scalia Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he teaches civil procedure, conflict laws, seminars on constitutional law, and jurisprudence. His research primarily focuses on theories of law, constitutional interpretation, and the jurisdictions of state and federal courts. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of the history of procedure in private law and the role of general common law in the U.S. legal system. As an accomplished author, Sachs has written numerous articles, essays, and book chapters. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute and serves as an adviser to the ALI's Restatement of the Law (Third), Conflict Laws project. He is also a board member of the Federalist Society and the Yale Law Journal. His dedication to academic excellence was recognized when he received the Federalist Society’s Joseph Story Award in 2020. Before joining Harvard, Sachs taught at Duke University School of Law, where he held positions from assistant to full professor. His legal practice includes significant litigation experience at Mayer Brown LLP and clerkships with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Judge Stephen F. Williams. Sachs is a graduate of Harvard University, Merton College at Oxford University, and Yale Law School, where he was an executive editor of the Yale Law Journal.

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