Laurence Tribe
Laurence Tribe | |
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Tribe in 2019 | |
| Born | Laurence Henry Tribe October 10, 1941 |
| Awards | American Philosophical Society’s Henry M. Phillips Prize in Jurisprudence (2013) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) |
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| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Constitutional law |
| Notable students | Barack 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.