Saikrishna B. Prakash

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Saikrishna B. Prakash
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Basic facts
Organization:University of Virginia School of Law
Role:Professor of Law
Education:•Stanford University
•Yale Law School


Saikrishna B. Prakash is an American legal scholar and became a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law in 2009.[1] He focuses on separation of powers, war powers, the commerce clause, the treaty power, emergency powers, and the duty to defend the constitutionality of statutes, according to his University of Virginia School of Law faculty profile.[2]

Below is a summary of Prakash's education and other professional accomplishments:[2][1]

Academic degrees:

  • 1990, B.A., Stanford University
  • 1993, J.D., Yale Law School

Professional positions:

  • Law clerk, Laurence Silberman, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1993-1994
  • Law clerk, Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States, 1994-1995
  • Associate, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, 1995-1997
  • Visiting assistant professor, University of Illinois College of Law, 1997-1998
  • Associate professor of law, Boston University School of Law, 1998-1999
  • Associate professor of law, University of San Diego School of Law, 1999-2002
  • Associate general counsel, Office of Management and Budget, 2001
  • Professor of law, University of San Diego School of Law, 2002-2009
  • Visiting professor of law, Northwestern University Law School, Spring 2004
  • Visiting research fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, March 2007
  • Visiting professor of law, University of Virginia School of Law, Spring 2008
  • James Madison fellow, Princeton University, Fall 2008
  • Professor, University of Virginia School of Law, 2009
  • Visiting professor of law, University of Chicago Law School, 2012
  • Elected to the American Law Institute, 2017


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