Andrew Jay McClurg (born October 15, 1954) is a

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holding the Herbert Herff Chair of Excellence in Law at the

University of Memphis } The University of Memphis (UofM) is a public university, public research university in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 22,000 students. The university maintains the Herff College of Engineering ...

Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, specializing in

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, and firearms policy.Andrew McClurg
from Carolina Academic Press, last visited March 23, 2009. Although he has published numerous academic works, he is also known as a legal

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, having written two legal humor books, as well as a monthly legal humor column in the ''

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'' that ran for more than four years.Andrew McClurg
, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, last visited March 23, 2009. He is also the creator of Lawhaha.com, a legal humor website.

Career

McClurg received his

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and

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from the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

, where he was a member of the ''

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'' and graduated

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. He then served as a

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Charles R. Scott ( M.D. Fla.). After working for several years as a

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, McClurg began his academic career at the

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, where he eventually became the Nadine H. Baum Distinguished Professor of Law. He also taught as a visiting law professor at

Wake Forest University Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ...

, the

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, and

Golden Gate University Golden Gate University (GGU or Golden Gate) is a private university in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1901, GGU specializes in educating professionals through its schools of law, business, taxation, and accounting. The university offers s ...

. In 2002, he became a member of the founding faculty at the

Florida International University College of Law The Florida International University College of Law is the law school of Florida International University, located in Miami, Florida in the United States. The law school is accredited by the American Bar Association, and is the only public law sch ...

. In 2006, he accepted the Herff Chair at the University of Memphis. McClurg has received several awards for both teaching and research. His teaching awards include the University of Memphis's 2009-10 Distinguished Teaching Award and 2009 Excellence in Legal Education Award, as well as five other teaching awards (including four Teacher of the Year awards). He has received three law school excellence awards for research, most recently the 2017 Farris Bobango Award for Faculty Scholarship.

Publications

McClurg's published literature comprises seven books, including the popular law school prep book, ''1L of a Ride: A Well-Traveled Professor's Roadmap to Success in the First Year of Law School''. He has published twenty-seven

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articles, including those at

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...

, the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin founded the school in 1842. The main campu ...

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, and Wake Forest; and roughly seventy-five other articles.

Books

*''The Law School Trip (the insider's guide to law school)'' (Trafford 2001). *''Gun Control and Gun Rights'' (New York University Press 2002) (with David Kopel and Brannon Denning). *''Amicus Curiae: An Anthology of Legal Humor'' (Carolina Academic Press 2003) (with Robert M. Jarvis and Thomas E. Baker). *''Practical Global Tort Litigation: United States, Germany, and Argentina'' (Carolina Academic Press 2007) (with Adem Koyuncu and Luis Sprovieri) *''The "Companion Text" to Law School: Understanding and Surviving Life with a Law Student'' (West Academic Publishing 2012). *''Guns and the Law: Cases, Problems, and Explanation'' (Carolina Academic Press 2016) (with Brannon Denning). *''1L of a Ride: A Well-Traveled Professor's Roadmap to Success in the First Year of Law School'' (West Academic Publishing 3d ed. 2017).

References

External links

Profile of Andrew McClurg
from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
McClurg's Legal Humor Headquarters
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