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Bruce H. Mann
Born

Bruce Hartling Mann


April 1950 (age 74)
Spouse

(m. 1980)
Academic background
EducationBrown University (BA, MA)
Yale University (MPhil, JD, PhD)
ThesisRationality, Legal Change, and Community in Connecticut, 1690–1760.
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
InstitutionsHarvard University
Washington University in St. Louis

Bruce Hartling Mann (born April 28, 1950)[1] is an American legal scholar who is the Carl F. Schipper, Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and husband of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren. A legal historian, his research focuses on the relationship among legal, social, and economic change in early United States.[2] He began teaching at Harvard Law School in 2006, after being the Leon Meltzer Professor of Law and Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Early life and education

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Bruce Hartling Mann was born on April 28, 1950, in Massachusetts.[3] He graduated in 1968 from Hingham High SchoolinHingham, Massachusetts.[4] He received B.A. and M.A. degrees from Brown University (1972) and M.Phil., J.D., and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University (1975, 1975, and 1977, respectively).[5] His dissertation was titled "Rationality, Legal Change, and Community in Connecticut, 1690–1760."[6][7] Mann has been licensed to practice law in Connecticut since 1975.[8]

Career

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After graduation, Mann taught at the University of Connecticut School of Law, Washington University School of Law, University of Houston Law Center, University of Texas School of Law, University of Michigan Law School, and the history department at Princeton University.[9][10] In 1987, Mann started to teach at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[10][11]

He is the author of Neighbors and Strangers: Law and Community in Early Connecticut (2001) and Republic of Debtors: Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence (2009). From 2011 to 2013, Mann served as president of the American Society for Legal History.[12]

Personal life

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Mann is married to Elizabeth Warren, the senior United States senator from Massachusetts and a former law professor. Warren proposed to Mann after she observed him teach a property class, having previously met at a law conference.[13] Warren was a Democratic candidate for president of the United States in the 2020 election.[14]

Warren and Mann in 2019 with their golden retriever, Bailey

Mann was involved in the Elizabeth Warren Native American ancestry scandal in that he also erroneously claimed Cherokee ancestry in the same 1984 cookbook that Warren did.[15]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Parishes, law, and community in Connecticut, 1700–1760". Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  • ^ BRISTOL, NED (May 6, 2012). "BRISTOL: Brown and Warren's salaries don't matter". SUN CHRONICLE.
  • ^ "Harvard Law Professor Bruce Mann adjusts to public role as 'Elizabeth Warren's husband'". masslive. October 14, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  • ^ "Hubby says Elizabeth Warren 'passionate' about her convictions". Boston Herald. September 28, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  • ^ "Harvard Law School Faculty Directory". Retrieved September 25, 2012.
  • ^ Mann, Bruce Hartling (December 1977). Rationality, Legal Change, and Community in Connecticut, 1690–1760. p. 221.
  • ^ "Bruce Hartling Mann". Avvo. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  • ^ "Bruce H. Mann". Harvard Law School. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  • ^ a b Schoenberg, Shira (October 14, 2012). "Harvard Law Professor Bruce Mann adjusts to public role as 'Elizabeth Warren's husband'". MassLive. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  • ^ "For Professor Warren, a steep climb". Boston Globe.
  • ^ "Past Presidents". American Society for Legal History. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  • ^ Traister, Rebecca (August 6, 2019). "Talking Teaching With Elizabeth Warren, the Most Professorial Candidate Ever". Intelligencer.
  • ^ "Elizabeth Warren drops out".
  • ^ Robinson, Nathan J. (October 16, 2018). "Elizabeth Warren's Native Ancestry Response Is A Complete Disaster". Current Affairs.
  • ^ a b c "Bruce H. Mann, Carl F. Schipper, Jr. Professor of Law". Harvard School of Law. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
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    Carl F. Schipper, Jr Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
    2006–present
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