Roger Fairfax | |
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Dean of the Washington College of Law | |
Assumed office July 2021 | |
Preceded by | Camille A. Nelson |
Personal details | |
Born | Roger Anthony Fairfax Jr. |
Spouse | Lisa Fairfax |
Relatives | Justin Fairfax (brother) |
Education |
Harvard University (
AB,
JD) University of London ( MA) |
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Roger Anthony Fairfax Jr. is an American legal scholar.
Roger Fairfax Jr. is the eldest son of Roger Sr. and Charlene Fairfax. [1] Fairfax Jr.'s youngest brother, Justin Fairfax, [2] served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022. The Fairfax family can trace its ancestry to Simon Fairfax, a slave freed by Thomas Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. [3]
Roger Fairfax Jr. and his wife Lisa Fairfax raised three children. [1] [4]
Roger Fairfax Jr. attended Harvard College before completing a master's degree from the University of London. [5] [6] He also attended Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C. [7] While a student at Harvard Law School, Fairfax edited the Harvard Law Review. He was a law clerk for Patti B. Saris and later Judith W. Rogers. [8] Fairfax is an elected member of the American Law Institute. [9] Fairfax was a federal prosecutor and worked for O'Melveny & Myers before joining the George Washington University Law School faculty, where he served as Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law until 2021, [10] when he was appointed dean of the Washington College of Law at American University. [11] [12] Fairfax is also the chair of Archbishop Carroll High School's board of directors. [7]
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