11 Facts About Adam Winkler

Adam Winkler was born on July 25,1967 and is the Connell Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law.

Adam Winkler is the author of We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights and Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America.

Adam Winkler's work has frequently been cited in judicial opinions, including in Supreme Court cases pertaining to the First and Second Amendments.

Adam Winkler holds a Bachelor of Science in foreign service from Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service, a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law, and a master's degree in political science from UCLA, where he studied under Karen Orren.

Adam Winkler served as a law clerk to judge David Thompson of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1995 to 1996.

Adam Winkler has taught at UCLA School of Law since 2002, receiving tenure in 2007.

Adam Winkler's book We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award, the California Book Award, and received the Scribes Book Award.

Adam Winkler's writing on the right to bear arms, which recognizes both the individual right to possess firearms and the legitimacy of effective gun control, has been cited by the US Supreme Court and numerous lower courts.

Adam Winkler has written extensively on legal history topics, such as the origins of campaign finance law, the women's suffrage movement, and the regulation of political parties.

Adam Winkler has won awards and honors for his work including the Scribes Book Award.

Adam Winkler currently serves on the board of directors at the Brennan Center for Justice.