Considered by many to be among the most important “legal thinkers” in America, Richard Epstein is currently the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at New York University Law School and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School. He is also an adjunct fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.

On Wednesday evening at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Epstein will be among four recipients of the 2011 Bradley Prize, which has been compared to the MacArthur “genius grant” for conservative and libertarian thinkers and leaders. The prize comes with a $250,000 cash award.

In the days leading up to Wednesday’s ceremony, The Daily Caller is publishing interviews with this year’s recipients, who beside Epstein include former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Harvard Government Professor Harvey Mansfield and economist Allan Meltzer.

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