Prior to accepting a position at Albany Law
School, Paul Finkelman was Chapman
Distinguished Professor of Law at the
University of Tulsa College of Law since
1999. He was previously the John F.
Seiberling Professor of Law at the
University of Akron Law School and has
taught at the Cleveland Marshall College of
Law, Hamline Law School, the University of
Miami, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Brooklyn
Law School, SUNY Binghamton, and the
University of Texas at Austin.
A specialist in American legal history, race
and the law, Finkelman is the author and
editor of numerous articles and books. He
was a Fellow in Law and the Humanities at
Harvard Law School and received his Ph.D.
and M.A. from the University of Chicago. He
has published extensively and was the chief
expert witness in the Alabama Ten
Commandments monument case. His work on the
religion and legal history is cited in
briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court involving
this issue.
