David StrasAssociate Professor of Law; Co-Director, Institute for Law and PoliticsUniversity of Kansas, B.A., M.B.A., J.D. [During the Fall 2008 semester, Professor Stras will be a visiting professor of law at Washington University— see here.] Professor David Stras joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota Law School in 2004. He teaches and writes in the areas of federal courts and jurisdiction, constitutional law, criminal law, law and politics, and law and economics. His current research focuses on the federal judiciary and the Supreme Court of the United States. Using a variety of methodological tools, including empirical and historical analyses, Professor Stras' research has examined a variety of issues relating to the Supreme Court. Professor Stras is a frequent television and radio commentator on issues relating to the federal judiciary, particularly with respect to the Supreme Court of the United States. He is also an adjunct faculty member of the University of Minnesota Political Science Department, and is the co-editor of a new SSRN journal on law and politics. Professor Stras also recently became a co-director of the Institute for Law and Politics at the University of Minnesota. Professor Stras is the faculty advisor to the Minnesota Law Review, and a frequent and regular contributor to SCOTUSblog and Empirical Legal Studies blog. He also actively advises students in the clerkship application process. Professor Stras was honored to be named Stanley V. Kinyon Tenure-Track Teacher of the Year for the 2006-2007 academic year. Professor Stras received his B.A. degree, with highest distinction, and his M.B.A. from the University of Kansas. He received his law degree from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1999, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Criminal Procedure Edition of the Kansas Law Review. Following law school, Professor Stras clerked for The Honorable Melvin Brunetti of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and then for The Honorable J. Michael Luttig of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. From 2001 to 2002, he practiced white-collar criminal and appellate litigation with the Washington, D.C., office of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood. Following his year in practice, he clerked for The Honorable Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States. See Professor Stras's curriculum vitae.
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