Guy-Uriel E. Charles (born October 10, 1970) is an American legal scholar.

Early life and education

Charles is of Haitian descent. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from

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in 1992, then attended the

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. While a student at Michigan, he helped found the '' Michigan Journal of Race & Law'', serving as the publication's first chief editor.

Career

Upon graduating from law school, Charles clerked for Judge

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. Charles was a member of the

University of Minnesota Law School The University of Minnesota Law School is the law school of the University of Minnesota, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school confers four law degrees: a Juris Doctor (J.D.), a Master of Laws (LL.M.), a Master of Science in Patent Law ...

faculty from 2000 to 2009. At the University of Minnesota, he held the Russell M. and Elizabeth M. Bennett Professorship. In 2009, Charles began teaching at the

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, where he was elevated to Charles S. Rhyne Professor of Law in 2012. From 2017, Charles served as

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and Ellen Schwarzman Professor of Law. At Duke, he was affiliated with the Haiti Lab. In January 2021, Charles's appointment as the first Charles J. Ogletree Jr. Professor of Law at

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was announced. In April 2021, while still affiliated with

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, Charles was appointed to the

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. Charles is an elected member of the

American Law Institute The American Law Institute (ALI) is a research and advocacy group of judges, lawyers, and legal scholars established in 1923 to promote the clarification and simplification of United States common law and its adaptation to changing social needs. ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Charles, Guy-Uriel E. Living people 1970 births American people of Haitian descent Members of the American Law Institute Spring Arbor University alumni University of Michigan Law School alumni Harvard Law School faculty Duke University School of Law faculty University of Minnesota Law School faculty Minnesota Democrats