“Unalienable” Rights at the American Founding
Photo of Jud Campbell.
Jud Campbell became a Stanford Law faculty in 2023. He is a legal historian whose scholarship explores American constitutional thought, with particular attention to the history of rights. Before joining the Stanford Law faculty in 2023, Campbell was a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law. He has also been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, New York University School of Law, and the University of Chicago Law School. Earlier in his career, he served as Executive Director of the Stanford Constitutional Law Center.
He earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School and subsequently clerked for Judge Diane S. Sykes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and for Judge Jose A. Cabranes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and two master's degrees from the London School of Economics, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar.
Campbell's Athenaeum presentation is co-sponsored by The Salvatori Center and Open Academy, both at CMC.