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John Fabian Witt
YALE LAW SCHOOL
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Expertise
- American Legal History
- Torts
- History of the Laws of War
- Problems in Legal Historiography
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 3057098
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Professional Experience
- Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law
- YALE LAW SCHOOL
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- Head of College, Davenport College, July 2017 to July 2022; Guggenheim Fellow, 2010 to 2011; Professor of History, July 2009 to present; Professor of Law, January 2009 to February 2010.
- George Welwood Murray Professor of Legal History
- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
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- Professor of Law and History. July 2005 to July 2008; Associate Professor of Law, July 2001 to July 2005; Visiting Associate Professor, Harvard Law School, Spring 2005.
- Law Clerk to JUDGE PIERRE N. LEVAL
- U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
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Education
- Yale University
- Ph.D. (2000) | History
- Honors: Winner of the John Addison Porter and George Washington Egleston dissertation prizes.
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- Yale Law School
- J.D. (1999)
- Activities: Senior Editor, Yale Law Journal; Judge William E. Miller Prize for the best paper on the Bill of Rights, 1998-1999; Coker Teaching Fellow, 1998-1999; Legal History Fellow, 1998-1999.
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- Yale University
- B.A. (1994) | History
- Honors: summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Thomas E. Bergin Prize for Character and Scholarship in the Humanities; John Heinz Memorial Government Service Fellowship .
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Professional Associations
- New York State Bar # 3057098
- Member
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