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Ethan J. Leib
Professor of Law


Curriculum Vitae [PDF]
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