Full Name
Kenji Yoshino
Company
Legal Scholar & Co-Author of How Equality Wins: A New Vision for an Inclusive Americ
Speaker Bio
Kenji Yoshino is the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law and the Director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging.
A graduate of Harvard, Oxford, and Yale Law School, he specializes in constitutional law and antidiscrimination law. He received tenure at Yale Law School, where he served as Deputy Dean before moving to NYU.
Yoshino has published in major academic journals, including the Harvard Law Review, the Stanford Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal. He has also written for more popular forums, including the New York Times and the Washington Post. Yoshino is the author of three books. His fourth book (coauthored with David Glasgow), Say the Right Thing: How to Talk About Identity, Diversity, and Justice, was published by Simon & Schuster in February 2023.
Yoshino has served as the President of the Harvard Board of Overseers. He currently serves on the Board of the Brennan Center for Justice, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and Meta’s Oversight Board. He also serves on advisory boards for diversity and inclusion for Morgan Stanley and Charter Communications. He has won numerous awards for his teaching and scholarship, including the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award, the Peck Medal in Jurisprudence, and NYU’s Distinguished Teaching Award.
He lives in Manhattan with his husband, two children, and a Great Dane.
A graduate of Harvard, Oxford, and Yale Law School, he specializes in constitutional law and antidiscrimination law. He received tenure at Yale Law School, where he served as Deputy Dean before moving to NYU.
Yoshino has published in major academic journals, including the Harvard Law Review, the Stanford Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal. He has also written for more popular forums, including the New York Times and the Washington Post. Yoshino is the author of three books. His fourth book (coauthored with David Glasgow), Say the Right Thing: How to Talk About Identity, Diversity, and Justice, was published by Simon & Schuster in February 2023.
Yoshino has served as the President of the Harvard Board of Overseers. He currently serves on the Board of the Brennan Center for Justice, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and Meta’s Oversight Board. He also serves on advisory boards for diversity and inclusion for Morgan Stanley and Charter Communications. He has won numerous awards for his teaching and scholarship, including the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award, the Peck Medal in Jurisprudence, and NYU’s Distinguished Teaching Award.
He lives in Manhattan with his husband, two children, and a Great Dane.
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