Christina Brooks Whitman is an American legal scholar who is the Francis A. Allen Collegiate Professor of Law and a professor of women's studies at the
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
. She has taught there since 1976 and specializes in constitutional law, feminist jurisprudence, litigation and alternative dispute resolution.
Education and career
Whitman studied at
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
, where she received a
B.A.
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...
in 1968, and a
M.A.
A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...
in Chinese literature in 1970. She continued her studies at
University of Michigan School of Law
The University of Michigan Law School (Michigan Law) is the law school of the University of Michigan, a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1859, the school offers Master of Laws (LLM), Master of Comparative Law ...
, graduating with a
J.D. in 1974. After law school, she
clerked for Judge
Harold Leventhal
Harold Leventhal (May 24, 1919 – October 4, 2005) was an American music manager. He died in 2005 at the age of 86. Leventhal's career began as a song plugger for Irving Berlin and then Benny Goodman. While working for Goodman, he connected ...
of the
, and then for Justice
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. (September 19, 1907 – August 25, 1998) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1972 to 1987.
Born in Suffolk, Virginia, he graduat ...
of the
United States Supreme Court
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from 1975 to 1976.
Following her clerkships, she began teaching at the University of Michigan School of Law, and was the first female faculty member. From 2009 to 2014, she was the vice provost for academic affairs at the University of Michigan. In 2012, she commented on the oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court over the
Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and colloquially known as Obamacare, is a landmark U.S. federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by Presid ...
. In December 2018, she retired from teaching law courses.
Prior to May 2019, she served as chairman of the board of trustees of the
Law School Admissions Council
The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) is a nonprofit organization whose members include more than 200 law schools throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. Its headquarters are in Newtown, Pennsylvania (about 15 miles north of Phil ...
, which oversees the
Law School Admissions Test
The Law School Admission Test (LSAT; ) is a standardized test administered by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) for prospective law school candidates. It is designed to assess reading comprehension as well as logical reasoning, logic ...
(LSAT).
Personal life
Whitman was married to Merrill Jay Whitman (August 25, 1945 - February 25, 2014), a labor lawyer.
They met at the University of Michigan, and have two daughters.
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References
External links
Bio
University of Michigan
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University of Michigan Law School
Appearance
Tribute to Justice Powell, C-SPAN.org
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Year of birth missing (living people)
1940s births
Living people
20th-century American lawyers
21st-century American lawyers
University of Michigan alumni
University of Michigan Law School alumni
Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
University of Michigan Law School faculty
American legal scholars
American women academics
American academic administrators
American scholars of constitutional law
21st-century American women