H. Jefferson Powell

Haywood Jefferson Powell (born April 25, 1954) is an American lawyer, author, and law professor at Duke University.

Education A graduate of St. David's College (now the University of Wales, Lampeter) and of the Yale Law School and Yale Divinity Schools, Powell also has a Ph.D. in Christian theological ethics from Duke University and held a joint appointment in the Divinity School at Duke.

Career

Government positions Powell served in both the federal and state governments as a deputy assistant attorney general and as Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the U.S. Department of Justice under President Bill Clinton, Before joining The George Washington University Law Faculty, Powell had been a professor of law at Duke University In 1999, the Duke Bar Association presented Powell with the Excellence in Small Section Teaching Award, and in the academic year 2001–2002, he was Duke University's Scholar/Teacher of the year. More recently, he has been named Frederic Cleaveland Professor of Law and Divinity. Powell is currently a professor of law at Duke University, where he teaches constitutional law and leads the school's First Amendment Clinic.