David R. Stras

David R. Stras is a professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School, teaching in the areas of criminal law, federal jurisdiction, constitutional law, and law and economics.

Stras has contributed to research in such topics as judicial pensions and life tenure for judges. He is also a regular radio contributor on federal legal topics at Minnesota Public Radio.

Education

Stras received his undergraduate degree and Masters of Business from the University of Kansas. He earned his J.D. from the University of Kansas Law School where he also worked on the Kansas Law Review. He clerked on two federal courts of appeal, for Judge Melvin Brunetti on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Michael Luttig on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Following his clerking experience, he worked at the D.C. office of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood for a year, after which he clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas of the United States Supreme Court.

Legal works

Stras is actively engaged with discussion through the internet blogosphere and his comments on the recent Supreme Court nominees can be found at sites such as [http://bench.nationalreview.com Bench Memos at the NRO,] [http://www.dailypundit.com Daily Pundit,] and [http://lsolum.blogspot.com Legal Theory Blog] among others.

External links

# [http://www.law.umn.edu/facultyprofiles/strasd.htm David Stras faculty page; lists papers and credentials]
# [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=465582 Published Articles on Various Legal Topics.]