Amy Peikoff | |
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Born | Amy Lynn Rambach 1968 or 1969 |
Occupation | Philosopher, lawyer, professor |
Alma mater |
University of California, Los Angeles (B.S., J.D.) Pepperdine University University of Southern California (Ph.D.) |
Subject | Objectivism, privacy, intellectual property |
Website | |
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Amy Lynn Peikoff (née Rambach, born 1968 or 1969) is a writer, blogger, and a professor of philosophy and law.
Amy Peikoff studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Applied Science in 1992 and her Juris Doctor in 1998, having attended her first year of law school at Pepperdine University. She was the editor of the UCLA Law Review. She then earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy at the University of Southern California in 2003. She is the third ex-wife of fellow Objectivist scholar Leonard Peikoff and the ex-stepmother of novelist Kira Peikoff.
Amy Peikoff is a member of the State Bar of California, having been admitted in May 2002. She has worked with The Association for Objective Law, an organization that promotes Objectivism in the legal sector, and her legal work has included the submission of an amicus curiae brief in support of Elián González's right of residence in the United States.
Peikoff has taught law and philosophy at Southwestern Law School, Chapman University, the United States Air Force Academy, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Texas at Austin. She has also spoken to audiences at DePaul University and Stanford University. Her specialisms include privacy, intellectual property, and Objectivism.