Leading Legal Scholar John Yoo of UC Berkeley Law Joins WLF’s Legal Policy Advisory Board

(Washington, D.C.)—Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) and the Chair of its Legal Policy Advisory Board, Jay B. Stephens, are pleased to announce that Professor John Yoo of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law has joined WLF’s advisory board.

John Yoo is the Emanuel Heller Professor of Law at UC Berkeley Law. His areas of expertise include administrative law, constitutional law, national security, and international business transactions. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute; a Member of Pacific Legal Foundation’s Board of Directors; and Distinguished Visiting Scholar, School of Civic Leadership and Senior Research Fellow, Civitas Institute, at the University of Texas at Austin. Professor Yoo has written over 100 books and scholarly articles and has worked in all three branches of the federal government, including serving as a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and D.C. Circuit Judge Laurence Silberman.

“We are honored to have Professor Yoo join our advisory board,” said WLF Executive Director Glenn G. Lammi. “He will provide WLF unique insight from his time with leading jurists, the Department of Justice, and Congress. He has built enduring relationships in the public-interest-law and academic communities that will help WLF expand its network and understands that educating judges and other policymakers is a vital component of achieving victories in court,” Lammi added.

WLF’s Legal Policy Advisory Board is a group of over 40 distinguished professionals from the business, legal, academic, and public-policy communities who serve on a volunteer basis. 

Celebrating its 49th year, WLF is America’s premier public-interest law firm and policy center advocating for free-market principles, limited government, individual liberty, and the rule of law.