Stephen Joseph Schulhofer (born August 20, 1942) is the
Robert B. McKay Professor of Law at
New York University School of Law
New York University School of Law (NYU Law) is the law school of New York University, a private research university in New York City. Established in 1835, it is the oldest law school in New York City and the oldest surviving law school in New ...
. His academic focus is
criminal justice
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.
Background
Schulhofer completed his B.A. ''summa cum laude'' in 1964 at
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...
, and his J.D. ''summa cum laude'' in 1967 at
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States.
Each class ...
, where he was an editor of the ''
Harvard Law Review
The ''Harvard Law Review'' is a law review published by an independent student group at Harvard Law School. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the ''Harvard Law Review''s 2015 impact factor of 4.979 placed the journal first out of 143 ...
''.
He then clerked for
U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...
Justice
Hugo Black
Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. A ...
for two years.
He practiced for three years with the law firm
Coudert Frères in Paris, from 1969 to 1972.
Schulhofer was then the Ferdinand Wakefield Hubbell Professor of Law at the
University of Pennsylvania Law School
The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Law or Penn Carey Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is among the most selective and olde ...
where he taught from 1972 to 1986, and the Julius Kreeger Professor of Law and Director for Studies in Criminal Justice at the
University of Chicago Law School
The University of Chicago Law School is the law school of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. It is consistently ranked among the best and most prestigious law schools in the world, and has many dist ...
where he taught from 1986 to 2001.
Schulhofer is now the
Robert B. McKay Professor of Law at
NYU Law School
New York University School of Law (NYU Law) is the law school of New York University, a private research university in New York City. Established in 1835, it is the oldest law school in New York City and the oldest surviving law school in New ...
.
He has written over 50 articles and seven books, including ''More Essential than Ever: the Fourth Amendment in the Twenty-First Century'' (2012), ''The Enemy Within: Intelligence Gathering, Law Enforcement, and Civil Liberties in the Wake of September 11'' (2002), and ''Unwanted Sex: The Culture of Intimidation and the Failure of Law'' (2000).
He is a Reporter for "Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses". At the 2016 annual meeting 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. ...
its members overwhelmingly rejected a proposal by Schulhofer and fellow reporter Erin Murphy to impose an
affirmative consent requirement (to the effect that if the non-initiating sex partner did not actually say yes, then the initiator could be charged with assault) to prove consent was given at each stage of a sexual encounter, in defining
sexual assault
Sexual assault is an act in which one intentionally sexually touches another person without that person's consent, or coerces or physically forces a person to engage in a sexual act against their will. It is a form of sexual violence, which ...
.
Personal life
Schulhofer is married to Laurie Wohl, an artist who trained as a lawyer. They have two children,
Samuel
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bibl ...
and Jonah.
See also
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References
External links
"Statement of Stephen J. Schulhofer, Robert B. McKay Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, before the United States Sentencing Commission,"May 27, 2010
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Living people
1942 births
Princeton University alumni
New York University School of Law faculty
University of Chicago Law School faculty
University of Pennsylvania Law School faculty
Harvard Law School alumni
Scholars of criminal law
Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States