Professor Kermit Roosevelt, III

About Me

Kermit Roosevelt, III is a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he specializes in constitutional law and conflict of laws. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University and earned his JD from Yale Law School. Following his education, he clerked for Judge Stephen F. Williams on the D.C. Circuit and Justice David H. Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court. After practicing law at Mayer Brown in Chicago, he joined the Penn Law faculty in 2002.Roosevelt has authored several influential works, including The Myth of Judicial Activism: Making Sense of Supreme Court Decisions and two novels, In the Shadow of the Law and Allegiance. His courses, such as "Introduction to Key Constitutional Concepts and Supreme Court Cases" and "Reconstructing America's Story," engage students in critical discussions about the role of law in shaping American society. In addition to his teaching, Roosevelt is a distinguished research fellow at the Annenberg Public Policy Center and a member of the American Law Institute, contributing to significant legal scholarship and public discourse on constitutional issues.