Richard A. Bierschbach is dean and professor of law at Wayne State University Law School. He became Wayne Law's 12th dean on August 17, 2017. He previously taught at Yeshiva University

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in New York, where he also served as vice dean.

Career

Bierschbach received his bachelor's in history (

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) from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School., where he won the Daniel H. Grady Prize for graduating first in his class and the Henry M. Bates Award, the law school's highest honor. Before entering academia, Bierschbach was a

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for Judge

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of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1997–98) and for Justice

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of the

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(2000–01). Between those clerkships, he served as a Bristow Fellow in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Solicitor General and an attorney-advisor in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel. He has also worked in the New York offices of three international law firms—

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(now WilmerHale), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and

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—as a member of their Supreme Court and appellate litigation practices. Bierschbach's teaching and research interests are in criminal law and procedure, administrative and regulatory law, and corporations (especially corporate, white-collar and regulatory crime). His scholarship explores how the criminal justice system's institutional and procedural structure intersects with its substantive and regulatory aims. His work has appeared in numerous leading law journals, including the ''

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'', the '' Michigan Law Review'', the '' Virginia Law Review'', the '' University of Pennsylvania Law Review'', the '' Northwestern University Law Review'', and the '' Georgetown Law Journal'', among others. While at Cardozo, he twice received the Best Professor Award from the law school's graduating class. Bierschbach has held various leadership positions within the American Bar Association and is an elected member of the

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and a Fellow of the

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Personal life

Bierschbach and his wife, Carina, have two children.

References

Selected publications

External links

Faculty of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Bio
Orrick.com.

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Career

Personal life

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Selected publications

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