Fred Richard Shapiro is an American legal scholar and academic working as the editor of '' The Yale Book of Quotations'', ''The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations'', and several other books.

Education

Shapiro earned a

Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...

degree from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

, a Master of Library Science from the Catholic University of America, and a

Juris Doctor A Juris Doctor, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Doctor of Law (JD) is a graduate-entry professional degree that primarily prepares individuals to practice law. In the United States and the Philippines, it is the only qualifying law degree. Other j ...

from

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, Harvard Law School is the oldest law school in continuous operation in the United ...

Career

Shapiro has published numerous articles on language, law, and information science, including "The Politically Correct United States Supreme Court and the Motherfucking Texas Court of Appeals: Using Legal Databases to Trace the Origins of Words and Quotations" and "Who Wrote the Serenity Prayer". He is an associate librarian and lecturer in legal research at

Yale Law School Yale Law School (YLS) is the law school of Yale University, a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was established in 1824. The 2020–21 acceptance rate was 4%, the lowest of any law school in the United ...

. His work in identifying sources of recent sayings is seen in ''The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs''.Doyle, Charles Clay, Wolfgang Mieder, Fred R. Shapiro. 2012. ''The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs''. New Haven: Yale University Press.

References

External links

Meet the Editor of ''The Yale Book of Quotations''

Living people American writers American editors Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Catholic University of America alumni Harvard Law School alumni American legal scholars 1954 births {{US-editor-stub