Pamela S. Karlan

Pamela S. Karlan (born 1959) is a professor of law at Stanford Law School and a leading legal scholar on voting rights and the political process.

Early life and education

Karlan earned a bachelor's degree in 1980 from Yale University and a master of arts from Yale in 1984. She also earned her law degree from Yale in 1984. [http://www.law.stanford.edu/directory/profile/32/ Pamela S. Karlan | Stanford Law School ] ]

From 1984 until 1985, Karlan worked as a law clerk for former U.S. District Judge Abraham David Sofaer. From 1985 until 1986, Karlan clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun.

Professional career

From 1986 until 1988, Karlan worked as an assistant counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. From 1988 until 1998, Karlan was a professor of law at the University of Virginia School of Law.

In 1998, Karlan joined the faculty of Stanford Law School. She currently is the school's Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law. While at the school, Karlan co-founded the Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, through which students litigate live cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Public profile

Karlan is a frequent commenter on PBS' The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. She also was a frequent commenter in the news media during the disputed 2000 presidential election. In the aftermath of that election, Karlan and co-authors Samuel Issacharoff and Richard Pildes adapted two chapters from their law school casebook into a book titled "When Elections Go Bad: The Law of Democracy and the Presidential Election of 2000."

Throughout her career, Karlan also has been an experienced advocate before the U.S. Supreme Court. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/31/politics/31mirth.html So, Guy Walks Up to the Bar, and Scalia Says... - New York Times ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.law.stanford.edu/directory/profile/32/ Stanford Law School profile]