Larry Kramer (legal scholar)
| Larry Kramer | |
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| 12th Dean of Stanford Law School | |
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In office 2004–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Kathleen Sullivan |
| Succeeded by | M. Elizabeth Magill |
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Larry Kramer June 23, 1958 Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Brown University (B.A.) University of Chicago Law School (J.D.) |
Larry Kramer (born 1958) is an American legal scholar and nonprofit executive. He is the current president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the former dean of Stanford Law School (2004–2012). He is a scholar of both constitutional law and civil procedure.
Kramer graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University in 1980 with an A.B. in Psychology and Religious Studies. He then graduated Order of the Coif and cum laude from the University of Chicago Law School in 1984.
After law school, Kramer clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. (1985–86) and Judge Henry J. Friendly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1984–85).
Kramer was an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Law School from 1986-1990 and a professor from 1990-1991. He then served as a visiting professor at the University of Michigan Law School from 1990-1991, and as a professor from 1991-1994. Kramer was a visiting professor at New York University Law School from 1993-1994, as well as at Harvard University Law School in 1997, and at Columbia University Law School in 2001. From 1994 to 2004 he was the Associate Dean for Research and Academics and the Russell D. Niles Professor at New York University Law School. From 2004-2012 he served as the Richard E. Lang Professor and Dean at Stanford Law School. Before joining Stanford, he served as a consultant for Mayer Brown.
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