Hutchinson graduated summa cum laude from Bowdoin College, and studied briefly as a Juris Doctor candidate at Chicago before attending Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar in Jurisprudence, where he graduated with a Bachelor and Master of Arts. Upon return to the United States, he completed his formal studies at the University of Texas Law School, where he took an Master of Laws.
His interests primarily lie in the field constitutional law, paying special attention to issues of race. Indeed, he is perhaps best known within the legal community at large for his work as Editor of the Law School"s Supreme Court Review. Hutchinson then served as a law clerk to Justice William O. Douglas and Justice Byron White of the Supreme Court of the United States.
His biography of Whizzer White was a New York Times "Notable Book" for 1998.
Hutchinson was one of several law faculty members who were called upon by various media sources to provide commentary about President Barack Obama"s tenure teaching constitutional law at the school, and was largely supportive.
