Background

Klarman, Michael Joseph was born on June 27, 1959 in New York City. Son of Herbert Elias and Muriel (Friedman) Klarman.

Education

Bachelor, Master of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1980; Juris Doctor, Stanford University, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford (England) University, 1987.

Career

Law clerk to Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, United States Court Appeals, Washington, 1983-1984. Assistant professor law University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1987-1992, professor, 1992—1998, 1966 research professor law, 1993—1996, F. Palmer Weber research professor of civil liberties & human rights, 1997—2000, Elizabeth D. & Richard A. Merrill research professor, since 2003, James Monroe Distinguished professor law, since 2003, professor history, since 2003. Editorial board Law & History Review University Virginia.

Achievements

• Michael Joseph Klarman has been listed as a noteworthy Law educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Contributor articles to law journals. Author: From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality, 2004 (Bancroft Prize, 2005).

Membership

Member American Society Legal Historians, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, traveling.

Connections

Married Lisa Leigh Landsverk, May 15, 1985. Children: Muluwork Tibebu, Rachel Emily.

Father:

Herbert Elias Klarman

Mother:

Muriel (Friedman) Klarman

Spouse:

Lisa Leigh Landsverk

child:

Rachel Emily Klarman

child:

Muluwork Tibebu Klarman