Adam Samaha : Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Harvard Law School
JD, magna cum laude, 1996
- Fay Diploma for combined GPA; Sears Prize
- Editor, Harvard Law Review
Bowdoin College
BA history and government, summa cum laude, 1992
- Highest honors for legal history thesis
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Truman Scholar, 1990
EXPERIENCE
The University of Chicago Law School
Professor of Law, July 2009-present
Herbert and Marjorie Fried Teaching Scholar, 2007-present
Assistant Professor of Law, 2004-2009
- Graduating Students Award for Teaching Excellence, 2007
Stanford Law School
Edwin A. Heafey, Jr. Visiting Professor of Law, Autumn 2008
University of Minnesota Law School
Visiting Associate Professor, 2003 - 2004Visiting Scholar, 1999-2003
Editor and founder, 1st Amendment Online, 2002-2004
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP
Associate (part-time), 1999-2003
Associate (cigarette litigation team), 1997-1998
Justice John Paul Stevens, United States Supreme Court
Law Clerk, 1998-1999
Chief Justice Alexander M. Keith, Minnesota Supreme Court
Law Clerk, 1996-1997
United States Department of Energy
Speechwriter for Secretary Hazel O'Leary, 1993
Session Weekly, Minnesota House of Representatives
Writer, 1993
Clinton/Gore National Campaign Headquarters
Research Assistant, 1992
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Admitted to Minnesota State Bar, 1997
Admitted to Eighth Circuit Bar, 2000
Admitted to U.S. Supreme Court Bar, 2002
