Английская Википедия:Caleb Nelson

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Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Caleb E. Nelson (born September 15, 1966) is the Emerson G. Spies Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law.[1]

Early life and education

Nelson is the son of David Aldrich Nelson, a former judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and Mary Nelson. He graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University in 1988 with an A.B. in mathematics, where he was editor-in-chief of the Salient.[1][2] Nelson then moved to Washington, D.C. where he served as the managing editor of The Public Interest, a domestic-policy quarterly. In 1993, he graduated from Yale Law School.[1]

Career

After graduating from Yale, Nelson clerked for Judge Stephen F. Williams of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and then for Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States.[1] Nelson then spent three years as a litigation associate at the firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister in Cincinnati.[1] In 1998, Nelson joined the law faculty at the University of Virginia.[1] As a professor, Nelson focuses his teaching and research on federal courts, constitutional law, legislation, and civil procedure.[3][4][5] Nelson is the author of the highly cited article "Preemption," which appeared in the March 2000 issue of the Virginia Law Review.

Important publications

Awards and honors

  • Winner of the Scholarly Papers Competition, Association of American Law Schools (2000)
  • Paul M. Bator Award, the Federalist Society (2006)[6]
  • University of Virginia McFarland Award (2006)
  • University of Virginia All-University Teaching Award (2008)

See also

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