Paul Gewirtz
| Paul Gewirtz | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 12, 1947 |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Law, U.S. Foreign Policy, China |
| Institutions | Yale Law School |
| Alma mater |
Columbia University Yale Law School |
Paul D. Gewirtz (born May 12, 1947) is the Potter Stewart Professor of Constitutional Law at Yale Law School and the Director of the China Center at Yale.
Gewirtz received his A.B. degree summa cum laude from Columbia University in 1967 and his J.D. degree from Yale Law School in 1970. After graduation, he worked as a law clerk for the U.S. District Judge Marvin E. Frankel from 1970 to 1971, and as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall from 1971 to 1972. He was admitted to the bar in Washington, D.C., and was a lawyer at Wilmer Cutler & Pickering and then the Center for Law and Social Policy in Washington, D.C. He joined the faculty at Yale Law School in 1976. In 1994 he was appointed the Potter Stewart Professor of Constitutional Law. He teaches and writes in various legal and policy fields, including constitutional law, federal courts, antidiscrimination law, law and literature, Chinese law, and American foreign policy.
Gewirtz played various roles in the administration of President Bill Clinton. He served as the U.S. representative at the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe from 1996 to 2000, and, on leave of absence from Yale, was the Special Representative for the Presidential Rule of Law Initiative, U.S. Department of State from 1997 to 1998. He also was a consultant to the Solicitor General of the United States in 1997.
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