<p>Alan E. Garfield is a distinguished professor at Delaware Law School. He received his Bachelor of Arts, <em>magna cum laude</em>, from Brandeis University, and his Juris Doctorate from UCLA School of Law, where he was a member of the UCLA Law Review and the Order of the Coif (top 10%). Prior to joining the Delaware Law faculty, Professor Garfield worked for three years in the litigation department of Weil, Gotshal &amp; Manges in New York City. He is licensed to practice in California and New York. <br /><br />Professor Garfield has been honored for his teaching and scholarship.&nbsp;He received the Outstanding Faculty Award on three occasions (in 2004, 2019, and 2021) and the Douglas E. Ray Excellence in Faculty Scholarship Award on two (in 2006 and 2015). Professor Garfield was selected to be the H. Albert Young Fellow in Constitutional Law from 2005 to 2007, and, in 2018, was named a distinguished professor.&nbsp; Professor Garfield has been a visiting professor at American University&rsquo;s Washington College of Law and Bryn Mawr College and is currently an adjunct professor at Drexel University School of Law.<br /><br />Professor Garfield writes and teaches in the areas of Constitutional Law, Copyright, and Contracts. &nbsp;His scholarship has appeared in numerous journals including the Columbia Law Review Sidebar, the Cornell Law Review, and the Washington University Law Review. &nbsp;He has also published op-eds in the <em>Philadelphia Inquirer</em>, the Wilmington <em>News Journal</em>, <em>PennLive</em>, and NBC News THINK. Professor Garfield published a column on the Supreme Court in <em>The News Journal</em> from 2009 to 2019.&nbsp;The column,&nbsp;<em>Bench Press</em>, received the Delaware Press Association&rsquo;s first place award for a personal-opinion column in seven different years, and received a first-place award in a national competition in both 2012 and 2019.&nbsp;Professor Garfield has been quoted in <em>The Washington Post</em>, <em>The Los Angeles Times</em>, <em>The Philadelphia Inquirer</em>, <em>The News Journal</em>, <em>Fortune</em>, Frontline, and CBS News, and has been interviewed or appeared on WHYY, WDEL, Make No Law Podcast, and CSPAN.</p>
<p>Professor Garfield is the founder and coordinator of &ldquo;The First State Celebrates Constitution Day,&rdquo; a project run in collaboration with <em>The News Journal</em> editors since 2006.&nbsp; He also co-founded and is the current administrator for the Delaware Law School Patent Pro Bono Program, which pairs low-income inventors with volunteer attorneys who help the inventors file patent applications.<br /><br />Professor Garfield is a past chair of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Mass Communication Law.&nbsp; He has served on the Board of Directors of the Delaware ACLU since 2006 and was the Board President from 2015-2017.</p>
<h5>Why do lawyers matter?</h5>
<p>Lawyers are the guardians of justice. Their job is to ensure that our society treats people fairly, whether it is someone who was accused of a crime, injured in an accident, or taken advantage of by an unscrupulous merchant. Ensuring that people are treated fairly is a tremendous responsibility. But it is a great honor and can be immensely gratifying.</p>