Robert Sitkoff

Robert H. Sitkoff (born 1974) is the Austin Wakeman Scott Professor of Law and the John L. Gray Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he specializes in trusts and estates. He previously served as professor of law at New York University School of Law and Northwestern University School of Law.

Education and Clerkship

Sitkoff received a B.A. from University of Virginia in 1996, and a J.D. from University of Chicago Law School with high honors in 1999. He was a law clerk for Judge Richard Posner on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1999 to 2000.

Career In 2000, Sitkoff became a professor at Northwestern University School of Law. In 2006, he moved to New York University, and the next year joined the Harvard faculty. At the time, Harvard Law School dean Elena Kagan said that he was "doing the most exciting and important academic work in trust and estates that anyone has seen in years." He has worked on several ALI projects, including Principles of the Law of Charitable Nonprofit Organizations; Restatement Third, Property (Wills and Other Donative Transfers), Restatement Third, Restitution and Unjust Enrichment, and Restatement Third, Trusts.

Personal

Sitkoff's father is a retired trusts and estates lawyer. He married his wife Tamara in 2003 with their rabbi and Judge Richard Posner jointly officiating. They have three children.

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