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Michael J. Klarman (born 1959) is an American legal historian and scholar of constitutional law. Currently, Klarman is the Kirkland & Ellis Professor at Harvard Law School . [2] Formerly, he was James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law, Professor of History, and Elizabeth D. and Richard A. Merrill Research Professor at the University of ...
Michael Klarman is a legal scholar and historian who teaches at Harvard Law School and has written several books on constitutional law and history. He has won the Bancroft Prize and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences membership, and clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Apr 3, 2023 · Harvard Law School Professor Michael Klarman celebrated civil rights heroes and urged graduating students to act for democracy in his Last Lecture. He cited the challenges and achievements of Thurgood Marshall, Charles Hamilton Houston, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg in fighting for racial and gender equality.
Jun 30, 2017 · Professor Michael Klarman, an expert on constitutional law and history, shared his insights on the challenges and achievements of feminist and civil rights lawyers in the past. He urged the Class of 2017 to be inspired, hopeful, and committed to the cause of social justice.
Oct 15, 2020 · Michael Klarman, an expert on constitutional law and history, discusses the potential impact of Amy Coney Barrett's nomination on the court's ideological balance and precedent. He argues that the court is already the most conservative in decades and that the confirmation process is unfair and undemocratic.
In his new book The Framers’ Coup, Michael J. Klarman explains how this brief, geographically isolated, and seemingly thwarted uprising fundamentally shaped American governance. The Bancroft Prize-winning legal historian and Kirkland & Ellis professor of law writes, “Shays’s Rebellion played a critical role in the creation of the ...
Nov 17, 2016 · Learn about Professor Klarman's background, research, and publications on race and constitutional history. He is the Kirkland & Ellis Professor at Harvard Law School and the author of From Jim Crow to Civil Rights.
