Paul Schiff Berman

Who is Paul Schiff Berman?

Paul Schiff Berman is an American lawyer and the current Vice Provost for Online Education and Academic Innovation at The George Washington University. He also serves as GW Law's Manatt/Ahn Professor of Law. He previously served as dean of the The George Washington University Law School and Robert Kramer Research Professor of Law from 2011 to 2013.

Before his arrival at GW, he was dean at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law of Arizona State University from 2008 to 2011, and a Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law, where he taught from 1997 to 2008. His scholarship focuses on the intersection of international law, conflict of laws, cyberspace law, written law, and the cultural analysis of law.

He earned his A.B., summa cum laude, from Princeton University in 1988 and his J.D. in 1995 from New York University School of Law where he served as Managing Editor of the NYU Law Review and received the University Graduation Prize for the graduating law student with the highest cumulative grade point average.

He served as law clerk to then-Chief Judge Harry T.