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Slaughter Professor of Law</div> </div> <div class="education-info d-flex"> <div class="education"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-education field--type-text-long field--label-above field__items"> <div class="field__label">Education</div> <div class="field__item"><p>J.D., Harvard Law School, 2004</p><p>M.S., Oxford University, 2000</p><p>M.A., Duke University, 1998</p><p>B.A., Brown University, 1997</p></div> </div> <div class="curriculum-vitae"> <a href="/sites/default/files/documents/driver_justin_cv_0.pdf" type="application/pdf" aria-label="Curriculum Vitae"> Curriculum Vitae </a> </div> </div> <div class="courses"> <div class="field field--name-field-courses-taught field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Courses Taught</div> <ul class="field__items"> <li class="field__item">Constitutional Law</li> <li class="field__item">Education Law</li> <li class="field__item">Narratives from Prison</li> <li class="field__item">The Law of Racial Inequality</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="image-container"> <div class="field field--name-field-teaser-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/content_285x393_/public/images/Headshots/driver_croppedhs.jpg?h=f803f42f&itok=ijSG6a7F" width="285" height="393" alt="Justin Driver" class="img-fluid image-style-content-285x393-" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </section> <main role="main"> <a id="main-content" tabindex="-1"></a> <div class="p-0 main-content-wrapper container-xl"> <div class="container-xl"> <div class="region region-highlighted"> <div data-drupal-messages-fallback class="hidden"></div> </div> </div> <div class="container-xl"> <div class="row"> <div class="order-3 order-lg-2 col-12 col-lg-9 has-sidebar main-content"> <div class="region region-content p-0"> <div id="block-yls-main-content" class="block block-system block-system-main-block"> <article class="node node--type-person node--view-mode-full"> <div class="node__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><p>Justin Driver is the Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He teaches and writes in the area of constitutional law and is the author of <em>The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind</em>. The book was selected as a <em>Washington Post</em> Notable Book of the Year and an Editors’ Choice of <em>The New York Times Book Review</em>. <em>The Schoolhouse Gate</em> also received the Steven S. Goldberg Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Education Law, and was a finalist for the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award and Phi Beta Kappa’s Ralph Waldo Emerson Book Award. </p><p>A recipient of the American Society for Legal History’s William Nelson Cromwell Article Prize, Driver has a distinguished publication record in the nation’s leading law reviews. He has also written extensively for general audiences, including pieces in <em>Slate</em>, <em>The Atlantic</em>, <em>The New York Times</em>, <em>The Washington Post</em>, and <em>The New Republic</em>, where he was a contributing editor. An elected member of the American Law Institute and of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Driver is also an editor of the <em>Supreme Court Review</em>. In 2021, President Biden appointed Driver to serve on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. In 2024, President Biden appointed him to serve on the U.S. Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise.</p><p>Previously, Driver was the Harry N. Wyatt Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. Driver is a graduate of Brown, Oxford (where he was a Marshall Scholar), Duke (where he received certification to teach public school), and Harvard Law School (where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review). After graduating from Harvard, Driver clerked for then-Judge Merrick Garland, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (Ret.), and Justice Stephen Breyer.</p></div> </div> <div class="person-tabs"> <div class="tabs-wrapper"> <div class="nav-dropdown"></div> <ul class="nav nav-tabs" id="ylvPersonTab" role="tablist"> <li class="nav-item" role="presentation"> <button class="nav-link active" id="news-tab" data-bs-toggle="tab" data-bs-target="#news-tab-pane" type="button" role="tab" aria-controls="news-tab-pane" aria-selected="true">News</button> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="tab-content" id="ylvPersonTab"> <div class="tab-pane fade show active" id="news-tab-pane" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="news-tab" tabindex="0"> <h2 class="sr-only">News</h2> <div class="views-element-container"><div class="subsite-latest-news view view-subsite-news view-id-subsite_news view-display-id-filtered_listing_block js-view-dom-id-c26f9307c0d7380d8e223f53bef89dc7a85b9f0291488e7f35b8d552ed6946f1"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row"> <section class="node node--type-article-link node--view-mode-subsite-news-filtered-listing filtered-listing-news"> <div class="node__content"> <div class="news-wrapper link-wrapper d-flex"> <div class="news-content text-wrapper"> <div class="date-wrapper"> <div class="field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-03-30T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 30, 2025</time> </div> </div> <span class="divider">|</span> <div class="field field--name-field-site-name-plain field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">The New York Times</div> </div> </div> <h3 class="title sm-featured-news-title"> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/politics/supreme-court-religion.html" target="_blank" aria-label="Will Religion’s Remarkable Winning Streak at the Supreme Court Continue?"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Will Religion’s Remarkable Winning Streak at the Supreme Court Continue?</span> </a> </h3> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-formatted field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><p>Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law Justin Driver examined three religious education cases to be tried by the Supreme Court.</p></div> </div> </div> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/politics/supreme-court-religion.html" class="clickable-wrapper" target="_blank"> <span class="sr-only">Will Religion’s Remarkable Winning Streak at the Supreme Court Continue?</span> </a> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row"> <section class="node node--type-article-link node--view-mode-subsite-news-filtered-listing filtered-listing-news"> <div class="node__content"> <div class="news-wrapper link-wrapper d-flex"> <div class="news-content text-wrapper"> <div class="date-wrapper"> <div class="field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-03-15T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 15, 2025</time> </div> </div> <span class="divider">|</span> <div class="field field--name-field-site-name-plain field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">The Atlantic</div> </div> </div> <h3 class="title sm-featured-news-title"> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/04/brown-v-board-of-education-integrated-noliwe-rooks-book/681766/" target="_blank" aria-label="The Rise of the Brown v. Board of Education Skeptics — A Commentary by Justin Driver"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">The Rise of the Brown v. Board of Education Skeptics — A Commentary by Justin Driver</span> </a> </h3> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-formatted field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><p>Justin Driver is the Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law at Yale Law School.</p></div> </div> </div> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/04/brown-v-board-of-education-integrated-noliwe-rooks-book/681766/" class="clickable-wrapper" target="_blank"> <span class="sr-only">The Rise of the Brown v. Board of Education Skeptics — A Commentary by Justin Driver</span> </a> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row"> <section class="node node--type-article-link node--view-mode-subsite-news-filtered-listing filtered-listing-news"> <div class="node__content"> <div class="news-wrapper link-wrapper d-flex"> <div class="news-content text-wrapper"> <div class="date-wrapper"> <div class="field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-02-22T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">February 22, 2025</time> </div> </div> <span class="divider">|</span> <div class="field field--name-field-site-name-plain field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">The Washington Post</div> </div> </div> <h3 class="title sm-featured-news-title"> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/02/22/trump-schools-federal-funding-dei-race/" target="_blank" aria-label="Latest Trump Guidance on Race Has Schools Scrambling Amid ‘Intense Fear’"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Latest Trump Guidance on Race Has Schools Scrambling Amid ‘Intense Fear’</span> </a> </h3> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-formatted field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><p>Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law Justin Driver discussed race considerations in education settings.</p></div> </div> </div> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/02/22/trump-schools-federal-funding-dei-race/" class="clickable-wrapper" target="_blank"> <span class="sr-only">Latest Trump Guidance on Race Has Schools Scrambling Amid ‘Intense Fear’</span> </a> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row"> <section class="node node--type-article-link node--view-mode-subsite-news-filtered-listing filtered-listing-news"> <div class="node__content"> <div class="news-wrapper link-wrapper d-flex"> <div class="news-content text-wrapper"> <div class="date-wrapper"> <div class="field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-01-24T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 24, 2025</time> </div> </div> <span class="divider">|</span> <div class="field field--name-field-site-name-plain field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">The New York Times</div> </div> </div> <h3 class="title sm-featured-news-title"> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/us/supreme-court-oklahoma-religious-charter-school.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" target="_blank" aria-label="Supreme Court to Hear Oklahoma Religious Charter School Case"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Supreme Court to Hear Oklahoma Religious Charter School Case</span> </a> </h3> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-formatted field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><p>Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law Justin Driver discussed the Supreme Court case regarding religious schools using public funding.</p></div> </div> </div> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/us/supreme-court-oklahoma-religious-charter-school.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" class="clickable-wrapper" target="_blank"> <span class="sr-only">Supreme Court to Hear Oklahoma Religious Charter School Case</span> </a> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row"> <section class="node node--type-article node--view-mode-subsite-news-filtered-listing filtered-listing-news"> <div class="node__content"> <div class="news-wrapper link-wrapper d-flex"> <div class="image-wrapper mb-0"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/images/news/nejaime_driver_jorde.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=aqRzwI_g" width="285" height="160" alt="Professors Justin Driver and Dougals NeJaime" class="img-fluid image-style-thumbnail-285-160" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="news-content text-wrapper"> <div class="date-wrapper"> <div class="field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2024-10-30T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 30, 2024</time> </div> </div> </div> <h3 class="title sm-featured-news-title"> <a href="/yls-today/news/professors-nejaime-and-driver-participate-jorde-symposium" target="_self" aria-label="Professors NeJaime and Driver to Participate in Jorde Symposium"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Professors NeJaime and Driver to Participate in Jorde Symposium</span> </a> </h3> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> Professors Douglas NeJaime and Justin Driver will serve as commentators at the Jorde Symposium 2024 at Berkeley Law on Nov. 18. </div> </div> </div> <a href="/yls-today/news/professors-nejaime-and-driver-participate-jorde-symposium" class="clickable-wrapper" target="_self"> <span class="sr-only">Professors NeJaime and Driver to Participate in Jorde Symposium</span> </a> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row"> <section class="node node--type-article node--view-mode-subsite-news-filtered-listing filtered-listing-news"> <div class="node__content"> <div class="news-wrapper link-wrapper d-flex"> <div class="image-wrapper mb-0"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/news/driver_news.jpg?itok=_qSe8Vk2" width="285" height="160" alt="driver_news.jpg" class="img-fluid image-style-thumbnail-285-160" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="news-content text-wrapper"> <div class="date-wrapper"> <div class="field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2024-10-16T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 16, 2024</time> </div> </div> </div> <h3 class="title sm-featured-news-title"> <a href="/yls-today/news/president-appoints-professor-justin-driver-committee-supreme-court-history" target="_self" aria-label="President Appoints Professor Justin Driver to Committee on Supreme Court History"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">President Appoints Professor Justin Driver to Committee on Supreme Court History</span> </a> </h3> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> As a member of the Holmes Devise Committee, which produces the official history of the U.S. Supreme Court, Professor Justin Driver will shape a storied institution in American law. </div> </div> </div> <a href="/yls-today/news/president-appoints-professor-justin-driver-committee-supreme-court-history" class="clickable-wrapper" target="_self"> <span class="sr-only">President Appoints Professor Justin Driver to Committee on Supreme Court History</span> </a> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row"> <section class="node node--type-article-link node--view-mode-subsite-news-filtered-listing filtered-listing-news"> <div class="node__content"> <div class="news-wrapper link-wrapper d-flex"> <div class="news-content text-wrapper"> <div class="date-wrapper"> <div class="field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2024-08-30T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 30, 2024</time> </div> </div> <span class="divider">|</span> <div class="field field--name-field-site-name-plain field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">The New York Times</div> </div> </div> <h3 class="title sm-featured-news-title"> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/us/black-enrollment-affirmative-action-amherst-tufts-uva.html" target="_blank" aria-label="At Two Elite Colleges, Shifts in Racial Makeup After Affirmative Action Ban"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">At Two Elite Colleges, Shifts in Racial Makeup After Affirmative Action Ban</span> </a> </h3> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-formatted field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><p>Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law Justin Driver spoke about the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action on racial diversity in higher education.</p></div> </div> </div> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/us/black-enrollment-affirmative-action-amherst-tufts-uva.html" class="clickable-wrapper" target="_blank"> <span class="sr-only">At Two Elite Colleges, Shifts in Racial Makeup After Affirmative Action Ban</span> </a> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row"> <section class="node node--type-article-link node--view-mode-subsite-news-filtered-listing filtered-listing-news"> <div class="node__content"> <div class="news-wrapper link-wrapper d-flex"> <div class="news-content text-wrapper"> <div class="date-wrapper"> <div class="field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2024-08-21T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 21, 2024</time> </div> </div> <span class="divider">|</span> <div class="field field--name-field-site-name-plain field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">The New York Times</div> </div> </div> <h3 class="title sm-featured-news-title"> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/us/mit-black-latino-enrollment-affirmative-action.html" target="_blank" aria-label="At M.I.T., Black and Latino Enrollment Drops Sharply After Affirmative Action Ban"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">At M.I.T., Black and Latino Enrollment Drops Sharply After Affirmative Action Ban</span> </a> </h3> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-formatted field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><p>Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law Justin Driver analyzed the effect of the affirmative action ban on enrollment.</p></div> </div> </div> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/us/mit-black-latino-enrollment-affirmative-action.html" class="clickable-wrapper" target="_blank"> <span class="sr-only">At M.I.T., Black and Latino Enrollment Drops Sharply After Affirmative Action Ban</span> </a> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row"> <section class="node node--type-article-link node--view-mode-subsite-news-filtered-listing filtered-listing-news"> <div class="node__content"> <div class="news-wrapper link-wrapper d-flex"> <div class="news-content text-wrapper"> <div class="date-wrapper"> <div class="field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2024-06-28T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 28, 2024</time> </div> </div> <span class="divider">|</span> <div class="field field--name-field-site-name-plain field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">Bloomberg Law</div> </div> </div> <h3 class="title sm-featured-news-title"> <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/conservatives-gain-despite-fifth-circuit-setbacks-at-high-court" target="_blank" aria-label="Conservatives Gain Despite Fifth Circuit Setbacks at High Court"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Conservatives Gain Despite Fifth Circuit Setbacks at High Court</span> </a> </h3> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-formatted field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><p>Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law Justin Driver spoke about Chief Justice John Roberts’ recent opinion in <em>United States v. Rahimi</em>. <o:p></o:p></p></div> </div> </div> <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/conservatives-gain-despite-fifth-circuit-setbacks-at-high-court" class="clickable-wrapper" target="_blank"> <span class="sr-only">Conservatives Gain Despite Fifth Circuit Setbacks at High Court</span> </a> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-row"> <section class="node node--type-article-link node--view-mode-subsite-news-filtered-listing filtered-listing-news"> <div class="node__content"> <div class="news-wrapper link-wrapper d-flex"> <div class="news-content text-wrapper"> <div class="date-wrapper"> <div class="field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2024-06-25T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 25, 2024</time> </div> </div> <span class="divider">|</span> <div class="field field--name-field-site-name-plain field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">The New York Times</div> </div> </div> <h3 class="title sm-featured-news-title"> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/us/oklahoma-supreme-court-religious-charter-school.html" target="_blank" aria-label="Oklahoma Supreme Court Says No to State Funding for a Religious Charter School"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Oklahoma Supreme Court Says No to State Funding for a Religious Charter School</span> </a> </h3> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-formatted field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><p>Robert R. 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