Biographical Sketch
Jeff Powell graduated with a B.A. from St. David’s University College, Lampeter, in Wales, and received his law degree from Yale University, and his Ph.D. (in Christian theological ethics) from Duke University. He has served in both the federal and state governments, as a deputy assistant attorney general and as the principal deputy solicitor general in the U.S. Department of Justice, and as special counsel to the attorney general of North Carolina. He has briefed and argued cases in both federal and state courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States. Professor Powell is a member of the faculties of the law and divinity schools at Duke, where among other courses he teaches constitutional law and seminars on the culture of American law and theological dimensions of law. In 1999 the Duke Bar Association presented Powell with the Excellence in Small Section Teaching Award, and in 2001-2, he was the University Scholar/Teacher of the Year. Powell’s recent books include Constitutional Conscience: The Moral Dimension of Judicial Decision (2008) and No Law: Intellectual Property in the Image of an Absolute First Amendment (2009), which he co-authored with Professor David Lange of Duke. His current research interests in law focus on the history and practice of executive-branch interpretation of the Constitution.

Education
B.A., University of Wales; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University; M.Div., J.D., Yale University

Current Semester Courses
Constitutional Law II