Did Barack Obama publish in the Harvard law review?

Answer 1

Barack Obama was president of the Harvard Law Review (Vol. 104, 1990) and subsequently a professor of constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School (1992-2004).

He he has no published legal scholarship. As he was famous for saying while president of the Harvard Law Review: "Just remember, folks, nobody reads it."

UPDATE: "Exclusive: Obama's lost law review article"

"But an unsigned - and previously unattributed - 1990 article unearthed by Politico offers a glimpse at Obama's views on abortion policy and the law during his student days, and provides a rare addition to his body of work."

Answer 2

Yes, absolutely. He was the first African-American editor of the Review. There have been some online rumors that he was chosen due to his race, but Harvard Law School has stated that this is false. The editor of the Review was selected in a process where the race of those who applied was not known by the people making the choice; the final decision was based on merit, and focused on the quality of what each applicant submitted for consideration by the committee.

Answer 3

It is possible but not likely. Barack Obama was a graduate student at Harvard Law School, and there is some evidence he was a teaching assistant for Professor Laurence Tribe, who was a renowned legal scholar there. (Mr. Obama was helping with research for a book the professor was writing.) He may have taught an undergraduate class now and then, which graduate students often did. But Mr. Obama did teach for twelve years at the University of Chicago Law School.

Answer 4

As the first black editor of the Harvard Law Review, he generally supervised the writings of others. But he did publish one article in the Harvard Law Review in 1990, a year before he received his degree.

Answer 5

Obama was elected president of the Harvard Law Review. I do not know how much editing he did in that position.

Answer 6

Yes he did

Answer 7

Yes, Obama graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum laude in 1991,

Answer 8

He was elected February 6, 1990 . I think he took office the next academic year. It is a one-year position.

Answer 9

Yes he did.