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Kimberly Wehle
File:Kimberly L. Wehle.jpg
Occupation(s)Professor, Lawyer, Author, Legal Analyst and News Commentator
Employer(s)University of Baltimore School of Law, CBS
Websitekimwehle.com

Kimberly Wehle is a law professor and constitutional scholar. She writes on the separation of powers, outsourcing government, and the federal administrative state. She is a lawyer, author, and legal analyst for CBS, and contributor to the PBS-syndicated BBC World News and BBC World News America. She is an op-Ed contributor for The Hill and The Bulwark, and a regular commentator on NPR's Morning Edition.[1][2][3][4][5]

Early life and education

Wehle grew up in Buffalo, New York and graduated from high school at the Buffalo Seminary, followed by a degree in English magna cum laude from Cornell University and a JD cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School. At Michigan, she was an editor of the Michigan Law Review. Her married surname was Brown.[6][7]

Career

Wehle is a tenured Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law, having previously taught at George Washington University Law School and the University of Oklahoma School of Law.[1] Her first book, How to Read the Constitution – and Why, is scheduled for publication by HarperCollins on June 25, 2019.[8] She is also a media legal analyst.[4][9][10][3][11] She has written opinion articles for the Baltimore Sun[12] and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications.[13]

Prior to joining CBS, she appeared regularly as a guest legal analyst on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News, among other news outlets, regarding Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian influence in the 2016 US presidential election, constitutional law, and other legal issues relating to the Trump Administration.[1][14][2][15][16]

Wehle clerked for the Honorable Charles R. Richey of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1994–95, was a Federal Trade Commission attorney from 1995–96, and she was an Associate Independent Counsel for Kenneth W. Starr in 1996 and 1997.[1] Following her tenure with Judge Starr, she served as an Assistant US Attorney in Washington, D.C.[1]

Wehle is a practicing lawyer.

Works

  • How to read the Constitution and why, New York, NY : Harper, 2019. ISBN 9780062914361, OCLC 1051078589[17][18]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Professor of Law: Kimberly Wehle", University of Baltimore.
  2. ^ a b "Prof. Wehle on What Michael Flynn’s Cooperation with the Mueller Team Might Say About the Larger Investigation", University of Baltimore School of Law, December 5, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Kimberly Wehle", The Hill.
  4. ^ a b "Could Trump attorney Michael Cohen face criminal charges for Stormy Daniels payment?", CBS This Morning, March 27, 2018.
  5. ^ Kim Wehle, How to Read the Constitution--and Why, HarperCollins.
  6. ^ "Buffalo Seminary’s Poetry Through the Years".
  7. ^ Kimberly N. Brown, "Justiciable Generalized Grievances” May 21, 2009, abstract.
  8. ^ "How to Read the Constitution—and Why – Kim Wehle – Hardcover". HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher.
  9. ^ "Beyond 100 Days", BBC News, December 17, 2018 (archived).
  10. ^ "Kim Wehle, Author at The Bulwark". The Bulwark.
  11. ^ "What To Expect From The Mueller Report". NPR.org.
  12. ^ Kimberly L. Wehle, "Pardon power is not absolute", Baltimore Sun, August 28, 2017.
  13. ^ Kim Wehle, "Are Democrats overstepping by investigating all things Trump? Just ask William Barr", Los Angeles Times, February 13, 2019.
  14. ^ Miles Parks, "Cohen, Trump Push To Decide What's Protected By Attorney-Client Privilege", NPR, April 16, 2018.
  15. ^ "Law Professor Analyzes Details Flynn Provided To Russia Probe", Morning Edition, NPR, December 5, 2018.
  16. ^ Stanage, Niall (February 4, 2019). "Juan Williams: Mueller report must not be whitewashed". TheHill.
  17. ^ "'A Lot Of Gray Area': A Legal Expert Explains 'How To Read The Constitution'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  18. ^ "'A Lot Of Gray Area': A Legal Expert Explains 'How To Read The Constitution'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-06-28.

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