Logan Beirne is an ISP Faculty Fellow at the Information Society Project and Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Matterhorn Transactions, Inc., a legal information services company that provides transaction term language and market trend analytics to law firms and financial institutions across the US, UK, and Canada. He has invested in, and helped to build, multiple other successful software companies. He was previously an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. Beirne earned a B.S. in Finance at Fairfield University, was a Fulbright Scholar at Queen’s University, and received a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was a Coker Fellow and awarded the Edgar M. Cullen Prize.
In 2013, he published the bestselling Blood of Tyrants: George Washington & the Forging of the Presidency, which was selected for the Colby Award and the Lincoln Medal. The book explores how the battlefield decisions of the Founders continue to shape the meaning of the U.S. Constitution. Beirne was a contributor to the casebook Iconic Cases in Corporate Law (West Academic Publishing, 2008). Beirne and his writings have been featured by The Wall Street Journal, NY Times, USA Today, The Washington Times, Reuters, Fox News, National Review, and other media outlets.
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Edward Snowden: A Conversation About Whistleblowers Rights and National Security
Duke Student Chapter
Duke Law School210 Science Drive
Durham, NC 27708
Edward Snowden: Hero or Villain?
Kentucky Student Chapter
Rosenberg College of Law620 S. Limestone St.
Lexington, KY 40508
Presidential Power: An Original Understanding
Central Kentucky Lawyers Chapter
Henry Clay’s Public House112 N. Upper St
Lexington, KY 40502
An Originalist Understanding of Presidential Power: What America's Founders Can Teach Us About COVID-19 and NSA Surveillance
First Floor Conference Room265 E. River Park Circle, #160
Fresno, CA 93720
An Originalist Understanding of Presidential Power: What America's Founders Teach us About NSA Surveillance
Santa Clara Student Chapter
Santa Clara University School of Law500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053
Necessary & Proper Episode 59: Presidential Power: A Historical Perspective on Today
On November 2, 2020, the Federalist Society's Illinois Student Chapter hosted Logan Beirne for a...