Michael Ian Krauss (born April 21, 1951) is a professor emeritus of law at

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(previously George Mason University School of Law), specializing in tort law, products liability, jurisprudence and legal ethics.

Biography

Krauss was born in New York City and raised in Canada. He holds a B.A. from

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public university, public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to se ...

. He received an LL.B. from l'

Université de Sherbrooke The Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS; Quebec English, English: ''University of Sherbrooke'') is a French-language Public university, public research university in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, with a second campus in Longueuil, a suburb on the Mont ...

. Krauss also holds an LL.M. from

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 ...

. He was hired as clerk to the

Louis-Philippe Pigeon Louis-Philippe Pigeon, (February 8, 1905 – February 23, 1986) was a Canadian lawyer, academic, and puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Early life and education Pigeon was born in Henryville, Quebec in 1905, the son of Arthur Pi ...

of Canada's Supreme Court. Krauss went on to practice corporate law in

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, and in 1983, completed his doctoral residency as Columbia University's Law and Economics Fellow. He has taught at law schools in French Canada, English Canada, the United States, France, Israel, and Guatemala. In 1994, Krauss was awarded George Mason University's Teacher of the Year award. Krauss was elected to the

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in 2008 and is a member of the Board of Governors of the

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. He has been a member of the Legal Education Task Force of the Virginia State Bar since 2011 and was a member of the Maryland State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission for Civil Rights from 2011 to 2013. He has also been a Commissioner for Québec's Human Rights Commission. From 2011 to 2012, Krauss was Of Counsel to the Clearspire Law Firm. Krauss was faculty advisor to

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chapter, and has lectured at other Federalist Society chapters. Krauss endorsed Donald Trump for president in the 2020 presidential campaign.I Was Never Trump. Not Anymore., The Wall Street Journal (September 2, 2020)
/ref> In 2020, Krauss achieved emeritus status at the Antonin Scalia Law School.

Publications

Krauss has written three books: * ''Fire & Smoke: Government, Lawsuits, and the Rule of Law'' (), *''Principles of Products Liability'' () *''Legal Ethics in a Nutshell'' () (co-authored).

References

External links

Antonin Scalia Law School biography
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