Scott Stephenson

Scott Stephenson is Tutor in Law and a J.S.D. candidate at Yale Law School. Prior to coming to Yale, Scott worked at the High Court of Australia, first as the Court’s Legal Research Officer and then as Clerk to Justice Virginia Bell. He has tutored property law at the Australian National University College of Law, worked at the Australian Administrative Review Council and undertaken legal research for professors at the Australian National University and Yale Law School. He received a Bachelor of Arts with a Major in International Relations and a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours and the University Medal in Law from the Australian National University and a Master of Laws from Yale University.

Fields of Academic Interest & Dissertation Project
Scott Stephenson’s academic interests include the fields of administrative law, comparative law, constitutional law, human rights law, and legal and political theory. He is writing his J.S.D. dissertation on the origins and constitutional implications of rights instruments in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Doctoral Committee
Professors Bruce Ackerman (supervisor), Jack M. Balkin (reader) and Heather Gerken (reader).

Education
LL.M., Yale University, 2011
LL.B. (Hons.), Australian National University, 2008
B.A., Australian National University, 2008

Contact Information
Yale Law School
P.O. Box 208215
New Haven CT 06511