Paul Brest

Paul A. Brest
Brest in 2013
Dean of Stanford Law School
In office
January 2024 – June 17, 2024
Preceded byJenny S. Martinez
Succeeded byGeorge Triantis
In office
1987–1999
Preceded byJohn Hart Ely
Succeeded byKathleen M. Sullivan
Personal details
Born1940 (age 83–84)
EducationSwarthmore College (BA)
Harvard University (LLB)

Paul Brest (born c. 1940) is an American legal scholar who is a former president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,[1] and was dean of Stanford Law School.[2] He is credited with coining the name originalism to describe a particular approach to interpreting the United States Constitution.[3]

  1. ^ "Paul Brest | Hewlett Foundation". Archived from the original on 2011-03-04. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
  2. ^ "Paul Brest | Stanford Law School". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
  3. ^ Shapiro, Ari (June 23, 2009). "Conservatives Have 'Originalism'; Liberals Have ... ?". npr.org. NPR. Retrieved July 18, 2015.