Prof. David N. Mayer

Before coming to Capital in 1990, Professor Mayer taught at I.I.T. Chicago-Kent College of Law in Chicago. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University in Virginia, and he practiced law with the Washington, D.C., firm of Pierson, Semmes and Finley. Professor Mayer has authored articles appearing in several journals and published a book on the constitutional thought of Thomas Jefferson (the subject of his doctoral dissertation). A former Salvatori Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, he also serves on the Board of Academic Advisors for the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions. He is a member of the fellowships Academic Review Committee for the Institute for Humane Studies and of the Speakers' Bureau of The Objectivist Center. Professor Mayer teaches courses in Constitutional History, Copyright Law, Law and American History, Legal History, Unfair Trade Practice, and a seminar in Libertarianism and the Law.

A.B. with distinction, highest honors in history, University of Michigan, 1977
J.D., cum laude, University of Michigan, 1980
M.A. in history, University of Virginia, 1982 
Ph.D. in history, University of Virginia, 1988