Alexander A. Reinert

Alexander A. Reinert
SpouseBetsy Ginsberg
Academic background
EducationBrown University (BA)
New York University (JD)
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
Sub-disciplineConstitutional law
Civil procedure
Criminal law
InstitutionsBenjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Alexander A. Reinert is an American legal scholar working as a professor of law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Reinert specializes in the areas of civil procedure, civil rights law, rights of prisoners and detainees, and constitutional law.[1]

Education

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Reinert received his bachelor's degree from Brown University in 1994 and a Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law in 1999.[1]

Career

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Following law school, Reinert clerked for Harry T. Edwards, of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, followed by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.[1]

Reinert conducts research in the areas of constitutional law, civil procedure, and criminal law.[1] His articles have appeared in the Stanford Law Review, the University of Illinois Law Review, the Virginia Law Review, and the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, among other journals.[1]

Ashcroft v. Iqbal

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Reinert is also well known for having litigated and argued the United States Supreme Court case Ashcroft v. Iqbal.[2] The Supreme Court ultimately decided that Iqbal had not stated, with sufficient specificity, a claim against Attorney General John Ashcroft and other high ranking governmental officials, sending Reinert and his client back to rewrite the complaint.[3]

Personal life

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He is married to fellow Cardozo professor Betsy Ginsberg.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Cardozo School of Law Faculty Profile: Alexander A. Reinert". Archived from the original on 2010-05-30. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  2. ^ Alex Reinert, Arguing Ashcroft v. Iqbal: A View from the Lectern Archived 2010-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Ashcroft v. Iqbal