Stewart Jay

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Professor of Law

Phone: (206) 543-0947
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A.B. 1973, Georgetown University
J.D. 1976, Harvard University


Professor Jay has taught at the UW law school since 1980. Prior to coming to Washington he taught at the University of North Carolina for two years. Before entering teaching, Professor Jay clerked for two years, first with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and then for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Warren E. Burger. His teaching and research interests include constitutional law and constitutional history. Professor Jay is the author of Most Humble Servants: The Advisory Role of Early Judges (Yale 1997). He has worked extensively to assure the reproductive rights of women, particularly access to safe and legal abortions. During 1984-85 he was a visiting professor at Georgetown University Law Center.

Areas of Expertise

  • Abortion
  • Civil Liberties
  • Constitutional Law
  • Eminent Domain
  • Equal Protection
  • Free Expression
  • U.S. Supreme Court