Laurence Tribe

Laurence Tribe
Tribe in 2019
Born
Laurence Henry Tribe

(1941-10-10) October 10, 1941
AwardsAmerican Philosophical Society’s Henry M. Phillips Prize in Jurisprudence (2013)
Academic background
EducationHarvard University (BA, JD)
Influences
Academic work
DisciplineConstitutional law
Notable studentsBarack Obama
Ted Cruz
John Roberts
Elena Kagan
Merrick Garland
Kathleen Sullivan
Jamie Raskin
Adam Schiff
Kenneth Chesebro

Laurence Henry Tribe (born October 10, 1941) is an American legal scholar known for his studies of United States constitutional law. Tribe was a professor at Harvard Law School from 1968 until his retirement in 2020. He currently holds the position of Carl M. Loeb University Professor Emeritus.

A constitutional law scholar, Tribe is co-founder of the American Constitution Society. He is also the author of American Constitutional Law (1978), a major treatise in that field, and has argued before the United States Supreme Court 36 times. Tribe was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2010.