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Eugene Volokh
Born (1968-02-29) February 29, 1968 (age 56)
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
UCLA School of Law
Occupation(s)Law professor, legal commentator
Known forThe Volokh Conspiracy

Eugene Volokh (Russian: Евге́ний Влади́мирович Во́лох Yevgeniy Vladimirovich Volokh,[1] Ukrainian: Євге́н Володимирович Волох Yevhen Volodymyrovych Volokh; born February 29, 1968) is an American law professor at the UCLA School of Law. He publishes the widely read blog "The Volokh Conspiracy" and is frequently cited in the American media. He is an academic affiliate of the law firm Mayer Brown.[2]

Early life, education, and teaching

Volokh was born in Kiev, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. He emigrated with his family to the United States at age seven. At age 12, he began working as a computer programmer. Three years later, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Math and Computer Science from UCLA. As a junior at UCLA, he earned $480 a week as a programmer for 20th Century Fox.[3] During this period, his achievements were featured in an episode of OMNI: The New Frontier, a television series hosted by Peter Ustinov.[4]

In 1992, Volokh received a Juris Doctor degree from the UCLA School of Law. He was a law clerk for Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and later for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court. Since finishing his clerkships, he has been on the faculty for the UCLA School of Law where he is the Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law.

Personal life

Volokh is married and has two children. His mother, Anne Volokh, founded Movieline magazine in 1985. His father, Vladimir Volokh, is a software engineer. His brother, Alexander "Sasha" Volokh is a law professor at Emory Law School and also a co-blogger at the Volokh Conspiracy.

Politics

Volokh supported former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson in the 2008 presidential election, saying Thompson had good instincts on legal issues and that he preferred Thompson's positions on the First Amendment and political speech to McCain's sponsorship of campaign finance reform. Volokh also liked Thompson's position in favor of individual gun ownership.[5] Volokh also noted that Thompson "takes federalism seriously, and he seems to have a fairly deep-seated sense that there is a real difference between state and federal power."[5]

Writing

Volokh is noted for his scholarship on the First and Second Amendments to the United States Constitution, as well as on copyright law. His article, "The Commonplace Second Amendment"[6] was cited by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's majority opinion in the landmark Second Amendment case of District of Columbia v. Heller.[7] He advocates campus speech rights and religious freedom, and opposes racial preferences, having worked as a legal advisor to California's Proposition 209 campaign. He is a critic of what he sees as the overly broad operation of American workplace harassment laws, including those relating to sexual harassment.

On his weblog, Volokh addresses a wide variety of issues, with a focus on politics and law.

Volokh's non-academic work has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Slate, and other publications. Since May 2005 he has been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post.

Books

  • Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, and Seminar Papers. New York: Foundation Press. 2003. ISBN 1-58778-477-7. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • The First Amendment: Problems, Cases and Policy Arguments. New York: Foundation Press. 2001. ISBN 1-58778-144-1. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

Articles (partial list)

See also

References

  1. ^ "UCLA Magazine". The Contrarian. Retrieved November 11, 2006.
  2. ^ Volokh, Eugene - People - Mayer Brown
  3. ^ Nash, J. Madeleine; Frederic Golden; Philip Faflick (May 3, 1982). "Here Come the Microkids". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Omni: The New Frontier (1989) trailer". Video Detective. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
  5. ^ a b Bazelon, Emily (2007-11-26) On the advice of counsel, Slate.com
  6. ^ Law.ucla.edu
  7. ^ 128 S. Ct. 2783, 2789

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