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
Harvard Law School
Visiting Professor, Spring Semester 2012
New York University Law School
Visiting Professor of Law, Fall Semester 2010
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
