Alan I. Bigel

Alan I. Bigel has been teaching at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse since 1984. He is a native of Brooklyn, New York. He received his B.A from Brooklyn College in New York City in 1976 and his M.A as well as his PhD. from The New School for Social Research in New York City. Classes presently taught include eight separate Constitutional Law classes starting in the Fall of 2008, and general introduction to Political Science. He also teaches a Constitutional Law class at Yale University during the summer months for high school students. Publications include two books and seven law review articles on the United States Supreme Court and its Justices, particularly Justice Marshall and Justice Scalia. He has stated his favorite current Supreme Court Justice is Clarence Thomas. He is an ardent supporter of the libertarian philosophy and originalism. He often boast that he maintains a law review article library numbering in the thousands. He has stated his goal is to have the best prelaw undergraduate program in the country. Dr. Bigel is regularly rated as one of top professors by his students at the University based on student evaluations. Dr. Bigel enjoys old movies, shopping, baseball, and reading.

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* [http://www.uwlax.edu/PoliSci/Bigel.htm Alan Bigel website]