Bruce Ackerman

Bruce Ackerman
Ackerman in 2017
Born
Bruce Arnold Ackerman

(1943-08-19) August 19, 1943
New York City, New York, U.S.
Education
Occupations
  • Law professor
  • author
TitleSterling Professor of Law and Political Science
Spouse
(m. 1967)
Children
Academic work
DisciplineConstitutional law
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania
Yale University
Columbia University
Doctoral studentsChang Wen-chen
Notable worksWe the People (1991–2014)

Bruce Arnold Ackerman (born August 19, 1943) is an American legal scholar who serves as a Sterling Professor at Yale Law School. In 2010, he was named by Foreign Policy magazine to its list of top global thinkers. Ackerman was also identified as one of the top 50 thinkers of the COVID-19 era by Prospect.