David Schizer

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| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

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| discipline = Tax law

| workplaces = Columbia Law School

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

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David M. Schizer (born December 5, 1968) is an American lawyer and academic. He was named the fourteenth Dean of Columbia Law School in 2004.{{Cite web |title=Columbia Law School Report |url=https://susanwampler.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Columbia-Law_Dean-Schizer.pdf |website=SusanWampler.com}} He was appointed Dean at the age of 35, making him the youngest dean in the school's history.{{Cite web |date=2008-10-13 |title=The Little Supremes {{!}} The New York Observer |website=The New York Observer |url=http://www.observer.com/node/51498 |access-date=2024-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013062520/http://www.observer.com/node/51498 |archive-date=2008-10-13 }} He served in this position until June 30, 2014. He went on to serve three years as the CEO of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.{{cite news |title=JDC CEO David Schizer to return to Columbia Law |url=https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/jdc-ceo-david-schizer-to-return-to-columbia-law/ |access-date=1 August 2019 |publisher=eJewish Philanthropy |date=March 26, 2019}}

Education and legal career

Schizer is a graduate of Yale University where he earned his B.A., M.A. and J.D. degrees. At Yale Law School, he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal.{{Cite news |date=2010-09-07 |title=A Well-Traveled Path From Ivy League to Supreme Court (Published 2010) |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/us/politics/07clerkside.html |access-date=2024-01-29 |language=en |last1=Liptak |first1=Adam }} Schizer clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for the 1994-95 term, and for Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1993-94 term. Schizer is a member of the Federalist Society.

Schizer worked at Davis Polk & Wardwell prior to joining the Columbia Law faculty in 1998. Schizer has occasionally been mentioned as a potential future United States Supreme Court nominee.{{cite news |first=Anna |last=Schneider-Mayerson |title=The Little Supremes |url=http://www.observer.com/node/51498 |work=The New York Observer |date=2005-11-03 |access-date=2015-06-10 |archive-date=October 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013062520/http://www.observer.com/node/51498 }}

Academic career

Schizer served as dean of Columbia Law School from 2004 to 2014. {{Cite web |title=David M. Schizer |url=https://www.law.columbia.edu/faculty/david-m-schizer |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=www.law.columbia.edu |language=en}} After serving as dean, Schizer became a tenured professor of law at Columbia Law School, where he taught a colloquium on tax.{{Cite web |date=2019-03-26 |title=JDC chief David Schizer leaving for return to Columbia Law School faculty |url=https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/jdc-chief-david-schizer-leaving-for-return-to-columbia-law-school-faculty |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}} His research also focuses on energy law and corporate governance issues. Prior to his appointment as dean, Schizer served as the Wilbur H. Friedman Professor of Tax Law at Columbia Law School. For his ingenuity in the classroom, students awarded him the Willis L.M. Reese Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2002.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}