Alexander A. Reinert | |
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Spouse | Betsy Ginsberg |
Academic background | |
Education |
Brown University (
BA) New York University ( JD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Law |
Sub-discipline |
Constitutional law Civil procedure Criminal law |
Institutions | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law |
Alexander A. Reinert is an American legal scholar working as a professor of law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Reinert specializes in the areas of civil procedure, civil rights law, rights of prisoners and detainees, and constitutional law. [1]
Reinert received his bachelor's degree from Brown University in 1994 and a Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law in 1999. [1]
Following law school, Reinert clerked for Harry T. Edwards, of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, followed by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. [1]
Reinert conducts research in the areas of constitutional law, civil procedure, and criminal law. [1] His articles have appeared in the Stanford Law Review, the University of Illinois Law Review, the Virginia Law Review, and the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, among other journals. [1]
Reinert is also well known for having litigated and argued the United States Supreme Court case Ashcroft v. Iqbal. [2] The Supreme Court ultimately decided that Iqbal had not stated, with sufficient specificity, a claim against Attorney General John Ashcroft and other high ranking governmental officials, sending Reinert and his client back to rewrite the complaint. [3]
He is married to fellow Cardozo professor Betsy Ginsberg.[ citation needed]
Alexander A. Reinert | |
---|---|
Spouse | Betsy Ginsberg |
Academic background | |
Education |
Brown University (
BA) New York University ( JD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Law |
Sub-discipline |
Constitutional law Civil procedure Criminal law |
Institutions | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law |
Alexander A. Reinert is an American legal scholar working as a professor of law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Reinert specializes in the areas of civil procedure, civil rights law, rights of prisoners and detainees, and constitutional law. [1]
Reinert received his bachelor's degree from Brown University in 1994 and a Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law in 1999. [1]
Following law school, Reinert clerked for Harry T. Edwards, of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, followed by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. [1]
Reinert conducts research in the areas of constitutional law, civil procedure, and criminal law. [1] His articles have appeared in the Stanford Law Review, the University of Illinois Law Review, the Virginia Law Review, and the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, among other journals. [1]
Reinert is also well known for having litigated and argued the United States Supreme Court case Ashcroft v. Iqbal. [2] The Supreme Court ultimately decided that Iqbal had not stated, with sufficient specificity, a claim against Attorney General John Ashcroft and other high ranking governmental officials, sending Reinert and his client back to rewrite the complaint. [3]
He is married to fellow Cardozo professor Betsy Ginsberg.[ citation needed]