Paul W. Kahn is The Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities at Yale Law School and the Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights.
Despite his generally progressive politics, Kahn has been referred to as the "world's leading conservative law scholar." This title is no doubt a consequence of Kahn's academic legal writing, which focuses on the importance of the family as the primary actor in the American Constitutional story. Kahn's prolific legal scholarship includes writings on international law, human rights, and constitutional law.
Among the student body at Yale Law School, Professor Kahn's unique teaching style and aggressive critiques of legal writing have made him among the most popular members of the faculty.
Professor Kahn teaches courses on constitutional law, human rights, and political theology.
Kahn received his B.A. degree from the University of Chicago in 1973, Ph.D. from Yale University in 1977, and J.D. from Yale Law School in 1980.
After graduation, he clerked for the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White from 1980 to 1982. He joined the faculty of Yale Law School in 1985.