Eugene Volokh
| Eugene Volokh | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Born |
February 29, 1968 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles (B.S., J.D) |
| Occupation | Law professor, legal commentator |
| Known for | The Volokh Conspiracy |
| Spouse(s) | Leslie Pereira |
Eugene Volokh (/ˈvɑːlək/ VOL-ik,Ukrainian: Євге́н Володимирович Волох Yevhen Volodymyrovych Volokh,Russian: Евге́ний Влади́мирович Во́лох Yevgeniy Vladimirovich Volokh; born February 29, 1968) is an American law professor, the Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law. He publishes the blog "The Volokh Conspiracy". He is an academic affiliate of the law firm Mayer Brown.
Volokh was born in to a Jewish family residing in Kiev, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. He immigrated with his family to the United States at the age of seven. Volokh exhibited extraordinary mathematical abilities from an early age, attending university level mathematics and calculus courses at the age of 9. When only 10 years 1 month old, he earned a 780 out of a possible 800 on the math portion of what is now called the SAT-I. At the age of 12, he began working as a computer programmer. He attended the Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics. At the age of 15, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Math and Computer Science from UCLA. As a junior at UCLA, he earned $480 a week as a programmer for 20th Century Fox. During this period, his achievements were featured in an episode of OMNI: The New Frontier, a television series hosted by Peter Ustinov.
...
Wikipedia