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Ethan J. Leib
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Fordham University School of Law 140 West 62nd Street New York, NY 10023 |
Email: ethan.leib@law.fordham.edu
Telephone: 212.636.7490 Fax: 646.312.8767 Office: Room 427 |
Ethan J. Leib is a noted expert in constitutional law, legislation, and contracts. His most recent book, Friend v. Friend: Friendships and What, If Anything, the Law Should Do About Them (2011), explores the benefits of legal recognition of friendship and was published by Oxford University Press. He has two forthcoming articles: one in the California Law Review addressing popular and party democracy, the other in the Journal of Political Philosophy examining fiduciary principles in public law. He has written for the New York Times "Freakonomics" blog and has served as Essay Editor for the Journal of Public Deliberation. Before joining Fordham, he was a Professor of Law at the University of California–Hastings. He has served as a Law Clerk to Chief Judge John M. Walker, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and as an Associate at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York.
Education
- J.D., Yale Law School
- Ph.D. and B.A., Yale University
- M.Phil., Cambridge University






