Jed Rubenfeld
| Jed Rubenfeld | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1959 (age 64–65) |
| Education | Juilliard School Princeton University (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
| Spouse | Amy Chua |
Jed L Rubenfeld (born 15 February 1959) is an American lawyer and novelist. He is the Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law at Yale Law School, he is an expert on constitutional law, privacy, and the First Amendment. He joined the Yale faculty in 1990 and was appointed to a full professorship in 1994. Rubenfeld has also taught as a visiting professor at both the Stanford Law School and the Duke University School of Law.[1] Married to Amy Chua with two daughters, he is also the author of two novels.
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Early life
Rubenfeld was born and raised in Washington D.C. in a Jewish family.[2] His father was a psychotherapist and his mother was an art critic.[3] He graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with an A.B. in philosophy in 1980 and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School with a J.D. in 1986.[1][3]
He also studied theater in the Drama Division of the Juilliard School between 1980 and 1982. Rubenfeld clerked for Judge Joseph T. Sneed on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1986–1987.[1] After his clerkship, he worked as an associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and as an assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York.[1]
Books
- Freedom and Time: A Theory of Constitutional Self-Government (2001)
- Against Lemuel (2003)
- Revolution by Judiciary: The Structure of American Constitutional Law (2005)
- The Interpretation of Murder, his first novel, published by Henry Holt & Co.,[4] September 2006, was a number one bestseller in the United Kingdom, and sold over a million copies worldwide.[5]
- The Death Instinct, his second novel, a mystery-thriller published in 2010,[6] uses the Wall Street bombing (1920) as a key plot element.[7][8]
- The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America (2014) with Amy Chua
Yale investigation for sexual harassment
Beginning in the summer of 2018, Rubenfeld was investigated by Yale Law School for allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct, particularly towards female students, with the investigation being conducted by Title IX investigator Jenn Davis.[9] The school promised a thorough investigation of any potential faculty misconduct, also looking into reported misconduct by Chua.[10] Rubenfeld and Chua denied all allegations.[10] Rubenfeld has been on leave since the spring of 2018.[11][12] Rubenfeld was suspended from teaching in August 2020 for two years and, upon returning, will be barred from teaching small groups of students or required courses.[13]
Personal life
Rubenfeld is Jewish.[14] He resides in New Haven, Connecticut and is married to Yale Law School professor Amy Chua, author of the books World on Fire and Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. The couple co-wrote The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America.[15]
Rubenfeld and Chua have two daughters,[16] the oldest of whom told the New Yorker in 2014, "my dad totally thrives on confrontation."[17]
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- ↑ Marantz, Andrew, "Ink: The Tiger Cub Speaks," The New Yorker, Feb. 10, 2014, p.20, 22.
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