Jules Coleman is the Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School. Educated at Brooklyn College with a Ph.D. in philosophy from Rockefeller University and an M.S.L. from Yale Law School, Professor Coleman teaches in the areas of philosophy of law; torts; law, language and truth; political philosophy; and rational choice. His books include Hart’s Postscript, The Practice of Principle, and Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and the Philosophy of Law (with S. Shapiro).

Education
M.S.L., Yale, 1976
Ph.D. (Philosophy), Rockefeller University, 1972
B.A., Brooklyn College of C.U.N.Y., 1968

Courses Taught
Advanced Jurisprudence
Advanced Topics in the Philosophy of Law & Ethics
Introduction to the Philosophy of Law
Philosophy of the Common Law: Seminar
Torts