A graduate of Yale Law School, Professor Lawson twice clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia, first at the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and then at the United States Supreme Court. A founding member of the Federalist Society, Professor Lawson came to Boston University in January 2000 from Northwestern University School of Law, where his exemplary teaching skills earned him three of the school’s most prestigious teaching awards. At Boston University School of Law, he teaches courses in administrative law, advanced administrative law and property law.