Eugene Volokh

Eugene Volokh
Євге́н Володимирович Волох
Volokh in 2004
Born
Yevhen Volodymyrovych Volokh

(1968-02-29) February 29, 1968 (age 56)
Kyiv, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BS, JD)
Known forThe Volokh Conspiracy
SpouseLeslie Pereira[1]
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Eugene Volokh (/ˈvɒlək/;[2][3] born Yevhen Volodymyrovych Volokh (Ukrainian: Євге́н Володимирович Волох); February 29, 1968)[4] is an American legal scholar known for his scholarship in American constitutional law and libertarianism as well as his prominent legal blog, The Volokh Conspiracy. Volokh is regarded as an expert on the First Amendment, and the Second Amendment.[5][6] He is the Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles, and is an affiliate at the law firm Schaerr Jaffe.[7]

  1. ^ Logan, Christina (January 24, 2012). "First-Ever 'Pali Bee' Takes the Stage". Pacific Palisades Patch. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  2. ^ "Pronouncing 'Volokh'". The Volokh Conspiracy. May 27, 2009. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  3. ^ Sasha Volokh (July 20, 2016). "I'm finally attacked by name on the floor of the Senate". The Volokh Conspiracy. The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 21, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2016. [S]he pauses for a second or two in her notes, carefully considering how to pronounce my last name before settling on [ˈvoʊlɒk] (rhymes with 'bow lock') – I don't object to that pronunciation, even though we use [ˈvɑːlək] (rhymes with 'frolic') and the Russian pronunciation is [ˈvoləx]
  4. ^ "UCLA Magazine". The Contrarian. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2006.
  5. ^ "Prominent Legal Scholar Eugene Volokh Joins The Hoover Institution". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  6. ^ Tsesis, Alexander (2020-11-12). Free Speech in the Balance. Cambridge University Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-108-42400-4. Archived from the original on 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
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