Affiliations
- UC Berkeley School of Law
- Professor of Law, University of Virginia
- Co-Director, Karsh Center of Law and Democracy
Bio
Bertrall Ross is a professor of law at UC Berkeley School of Law. He teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law, constitutional theory, election law, administrative law, and statutory interpretation. Previously, he was a professor of law at the University of Virginia School of Law, co-director of the Karsh Center for Law and Democracy, and founder of the Designing Democracy Project. He teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law, constitutional theory, election law, administrative law, and statutory interpretation. Ross’ research is driven by a concern about democratic responsiveness and accountability, as well as the inclusion of marginalized communities in administrative and political processes. His past scholarship has been published in several books and journals and two of his articles were selected by the Yale/Harvard/Stanford Junior Faculty Forum. Prior to joining the Virginia faculty, Ross taught at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where he received the Rutter Award for Teaching Excellence. He has also been awarded the Berlin Prize from the American Academy in Berlin, the Princeton University Law and Public Affairs Fellowship, the Columbia Law School Kellis Parker Academic Fellowship, and the Marshall Scholarship. Ross is currently serving on the Administrative Conference of the United States and the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. Ross earned his undergraduate degree in international affairs and history from the University of Colorado, Boulder; his graduate degrees from the London School of Economics and Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs; and his law degree from Yale Law School. After law school, he clerked for Judge Dorothy Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Myron Thompson of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
