Roger Fairfax

Roger Fairfax
Dean of the Howard University School of Law
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 1, 2024
Preceded byLisa Crooms-Robinson
Personal details
BornRoger Anthony Fairfax Jr.
SpouseLisa Fairfax
Children3
RelativesJustin Fairfax (brother)
EducationHarvard University (BA, JD)
University of London (MA)
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Roger Anthony Fairfax Jr. is an American legal scholar who has been the dean of the Howard University School of Law since 2024.

Education

Roger Fairfax Jr. attended Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C. He then attended Harvard College before completing a master's degree from the University of London. While a student at Harvard Law School, Fairfax edited the Harvard Law Review. He was a law clerk for Patti B. Saris and later Judith W. Rogers.

Family

Roger Fairfax Jr. is the eldest son of Roger Sr. and Charlene Fairfax. Fairfax Jr.'s youngest brother, Justin Fairfax, served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022. The Fairfax family can trace its ancestry to Simon Fairfax, a slave freed by Thomas Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron.

Roger Fairfax Jr. and his wife Lisa Fairfax raised three children.

Career

Fairfax is an elected member of the American Law Institute. Fairfax was a federal prosecutor and worked for O'Melveny & Myers before joining the George Washington University Law School faculty, where he served as Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law until 2021, when he was appointed dean of the Washington College of Law at American University. In 2024, Fairfax became dean of the Howard University School of Law. Fairfax is also the chair of Archbishop Carroll High School's board of directors.

References

  1. 1 2 "Board of Directors". www.archbishopcarroll.org. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  2. ↑ Green, Erica L. (March 20, 2022). "Ketanji Brown Jackson Fought Injustices While at Harvard". The New York Times. Retrieved March 23, 2022. Roger A. Fairfax, who was two years behind her [ Ketanji Brown Jackson ]..."
  3. ↑ "Roger A. Fairfax, Jr. Dean and Professor of Law". Washington College of Law. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Roger A. Fairfax, Jr". William S. Richardson School of Law. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs". www.banking.senate.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  6. ↑ Wilson, Patrick (March 18, 2017). "How outsider Justin Fairfax broke through the Democratic Party in bid for lieutenant governor". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  7. ↑ Schneider, Gregory S. (January 27, 2018). "Poised to make history, Justin Fairfax got a powerful reminder of his own heritage". Washington Post. Retrieved March 22, 2022. Republished as: Schneider, Gregory S. (February 8, 2018). "Fairfax cherises paper that emancipated his ancestor". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  8. ↑ Ackerman, Andrew (2016-03-14). "SEC Nominee Lisa Fairfax Is Diversity Advocate and Law Professor". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  9. ↑ "Dean Roger A. Fairfax, Jr". American Law Institute. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Professor Fairfax Named Dean of American University Washington College of Law". George Washington University Law School. April 21, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Roger A. Fairfax Jr. Named Dean of Washington College of Law". American Law Institute. April 22, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  12. ↑ "American University Names Roger A. Fairfax, Jr. as Dean of Washington College of Law". Washington College of Law. April 6, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  13. ↑ "New Appointment: Dean of Howard University School of Law". Howard University. December 15, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2024.