Richard A. Posner : Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
University of Athens
D Hon Causa, 2002
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
LLD (Hon), 2002
Northwestern University
LLD (Hon), 2001
Brooklyn Law School
JD (Hon), 2000
University of Pennsylvania
LLD (Hon.), 1997
Yale University
LLD (Hon), 1996
University of Ghent
D Hon Causa, 1995
Georgetown University
LLD (Hon), 1993
Duquesne University
LLD (Hon), 1987
Syracuse University
LLD (Hon), 1986
Harvard University
LLB, magna cum laude, 1962
- Fay Diploma
- Sears and Beale Prizes
- President, Harvard Law Review
Yale University
AB, summa cum laude, 1959
- Phi Beta Kappa (elected junior year)
- Scholar of the House
- Saybrook Fellows' Prize
EXPERIENCE
University of Chicago Law School
Senior Lecturer, 1981-present
Lee and Brena Freeman Professor of Law, 1978-1981
Professor of Law, 1969-1978
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Chief Judge, 1993-2000
Circuit Judge, 1981-present
Lexecon Inc.
President, 1977-1981
National Bureau of Economic Research
Research Associate, 1971-1981
Stanford University
Associate Professor of Law, 1968-1969
President's Task Force on Communications Policy
General Counsel, 1967-1968
Solicitor General's Office
Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States (Thurgood Marshall), 1965-1967
Federal Trade Commission
Assistant to Commissioner Philip Elman, 1963-1965
Supreme Court of the United States
Law Clerk to Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., 1962-1963
ELECTED MEMBERSHIPS
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow)
American Law Institute (Life Member)
British Academy (Corresponding Fellow)
Century Association
