Pamela S. Karlan
Pamela Karlan | |
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Karlan at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics in 2020 | |
| Born | Pamela Susan Karlan 1959 (age 65–66) |
| Education | Yale University (BA, MA, JD) |
| Occupation | American legal scholar |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Partner | Viola Canales |
Pamela Susan Karlan (born 1959) is an American legal scholar who was the principal deputy assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice from February 8, 2021, until July 1, 2022. She is a professor at Stanford Law School. A leading legal scholar on voting rights and constitutional law, she previously served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Voting Rights in the DOJ's Civil Rights Division from 2014 to 2015.