Brett Scharffs

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| education = Georgetown University (BA, BS, MA)
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Yale University (JD)

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| occupation = Law professor

| nationality = American

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| workplaces = J. Reuben Clark Law School
Central European University
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Brett Gilbert Scharffs (born March 22, 1963) is an American legal scholar who is the Rex E. Lee Chair and Professor of Law at J. Reuben Clark Law School, part of Brigham Young University (BYU). He is also the Director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies.{{Cite web|url=http://www.law.byu.edu/faculty/profile_2016.php?id=29|title = BYU J. Reuben Clark Law School}}

Life and career

Scharffs is a son of professor Gilbert W. Scharffs. He received a B.S., B.A., and a M.A. from Georgetown University and then went to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He then received his J.D. degree from the Yale Law School, where he was a senior editor of the Yale Law Journal.

Scharffs was then a law clerk for Judge David B. Sentelle of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Prior to joining the BYU faculty Scharffs taught at George Washington University Law School.

Scharffs has largely focused on international law and religious law issues. He has written more than 100 articles and book chapters and made over 300 scholarly presentations in 30 countries.{{Cite web|url=http://www.law.byu.edu/faculty/profile_2016.php?id=29|title = BYU J. Reuben Clark Law School}} He has also co-authored works with colleague, professor Cole Durham. He has also served as chair of the law and religion section of the Association of American Law Schools.

Sources

[https://web.archive.org/web/20110709102513/http://www.law2.byu.edu/faculty/profiles2009/profile_fancy.php?id=29 BYU Law School faculty profile of Scharffs]
[https://archive.today/20130103233728/http://www.martindale.com/Search_Tools/Law_Schools/schl0101.aspx listing of BYU Law School faculty]
[http://lawlib.byu.edu/bibliography.aspx?id=2366 list of articles by Scharffs]
[http://www.aspenlawschool.com/books/durhamscharffs/aboutTheAuthor.asp Aspen Publishers bio of Scharffs]

References

Category:1963 births

Category:Georgetown University alumni

Category:American Rhodes Scholars

Category:Yale Law School alumni

Category:George Washington University faculty

Category:Brigham Young University faculty

Category:Living people