Paul D. Clement, former Solicitor General of the United States, will deliver the Winthrop and Frances Lane Foundation Lecture, “The Robert Court Comes of Age,” at noon Sept. 28 at the College of Law.
Clement served as the 43rd U.S. Solicitor General. Clement joined the Department of Justice in February of 2001. Before his confirmation as Solicitor General, he served as Acting Solicitor General for nearly a year and as Principal Deputy Solicitor General. He has argued over 60 cases before the United States Supreme Court, including the constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act.
Clement is currently a partner at Bancroft PLLC. He received his bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and a master’s degree in economics from Cambridge University. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School where he was the Supreme Court editor of the Harvard Law Review.
The lecture will be held in Hamann Auditorium at the College of Law. It is free and open to the public.