Nathan B. Oman | |
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Born |
Nathan Bryan Oman April 15, 1975 Salt Lake City, Utah |
Residence | Williamsburg, Virginia |
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater |
Brigham Young (political science, 1999) Harvard (J.D., 2003) |
Occupation | Associate Professor, William & Mary Law School, teaching contracts, law and religion, secured transactions |
Spouse(s) | Heather Bennett Oman |
Parent(s) | Richard G.and Pamela Oman, Susan Staker |
Website | W&M – Nathan Oman |
Nathan Bryan "Nate" Oman (born 1975) is a legal scholar and educator. In 2006, he became an assistant professor at The College of William & Mary Law School. In 2003, Oman founded Times & Seasons, An Onymous Mormon Blog.
Oman was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. He served a mission for the LDS Church in the Korea Pusan Mission.
Oman holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Brigham Young University and a law degree from Harvard Law School.
He worked on the staff of Senator Mitch McConnell before going to law school. He clerked for Judge Morris Sheppard Arnold. Oman is a permanent blogger at Concurring Opinions.
Prior to joining the faculty of William and Mary Oman was a practicing lawyer in Washington, D.C. Oman has been a visiting professor at Hebrew University, Cornell Law School, and the University of Richmond Law School. He currently holds the title of professor of law and Robert and Elizabeth Scott Research professor.
Oman is a Mormon. He is a son of Richard G. Oman, an art curator at the LDS Church History Museum and an expert on LDS art. His mother is Susan Staker, retired, former editorial director at Adobe Systems and editor for Sunstone magazine and Signature Books.
Oman and his wife, the former Heather Bennett, are the parents of two children.
Oman specializes in contract law, the foundations of private law, and law and religion. Oman's work has appeared in such law journals as the Harvard Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Minnesota Law Review, Iowa Law Review, and BYU Law Review. He has also been a frequent presenter at conferences of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society.