George Mason School of Law

Michael I. Krauss
George Mason Law School
3301 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201

work: 703.993.8024
fax: 703.993.8124
mkrauss@gmu.edu

Professor Michael I. Krauss: Professional Activities

                             

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EDUCATION

A. Carleton University

    BA cum laude , [Sociology and History] 1973
    Scholarships for Academic Excellence in 1970, '71, 72, 73

B. Université de Sherbrooke [Quebec], Faculté de droit

    LL.B. summa cum laude 1976
    Scholarships for academic excellence in 1974, '75, '76
    Rank: First in the Law school each year, with the highest overall Grade Point Average in the history of the Law school.

C. Yale Law School

    LL.M. 1978
    Commonwealth Scholar; Viscount Bennett Fellow (Canadian Bar Association);
    Mackenzie-King Scholar; Yale University Fellow; "Boursier du Québec".

D. Columbia University Law School

    Doctoral residency requirements completed 1983
    Columbia University Law and Economics Institute Fellow; "Fellow" of the Social Science Research Council of Canada.



CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Active member, Virginia State Bar:
    Secretary, Board of Governors, Section on Education of Lawyers, 1998-2002
    Co-developer of Virginia's compulsory law school professionalism course.

Adjunct Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracy.

Member, Board of Directors, National Association of Scholars

Member, Advisory Board, Virginia Institute for Public Policy, Sterling VA

Member, Advisory Board, Calvert Institute, Baltimore MD

Salvatori Fellow,The Heritage Foundation

Contributor, Point Of Law weblog

SIGNIFICANT PAST EMPLOYMENT AND SERVICE

Université de Sherbrooke, Professor of Law

University of Toronto, Professor of Law

Co-director and Co-founder, Canadian Civil Law Common Law Exchange Program

Selected as Law Clerk: Justice Louis-Philippe Pigeon, Supreme Court of Canada

Attorney at Law, Pratte, Marseille & Assoc., Québec City, Canada

Commission des droits de la personne du Québec, Commissioner

Heritage Foundation, Competitive Enterprise Institute, CATO Institute, Independent Institute: Adjunct Scholar

President, Virginia Association of Scholars , 1996-2002


          




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