Paul Clement is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Paul served as the 43rd Solicitor General of the United States from June 2005 until June 2008. Before his confirmation as Solicitor General, he served as Acting Solicitor General for nearly a year and as Principal Deputy Solicitor General for over three years.
Paul has presented over 100 oral arguments at the Supreme Court, including a number of landmark decisions concerning federalism and the separation of powers. He has undertaken substantial pro bono engagements in the Supreme Court, such as twice successfully representing the defendant in Bond v. United States, successfully representing the Omaha Tribe in Nebraska v. Parker, and appearing as a Court-appointed amicus in Seila Law v. CFPB. He has argued more Supreme Court cases since 2000 than any lawyer in or out of government.
Paul is a native of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, and a graduate of its public schools. He received his bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and a master’s degree in economics from Cambridge University. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was the Supreme Court editor of the Harvard Law Review. Following graduation, Mr. Clement clerked for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and for Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court. After his clerkships, he went on to serve as Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights.
Paul is a Distinguished Lecturer in Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he has taught a seminar on the separation of powers since 1998. He also serves as a Senior Fellow of the Law Center’s Supreme Court Institute.
Banquet Dinner & Presentation of the Annual Joseph Story Award and Feddie Awards
2020 National Student Symposium
Michigan Stadium (“The Big House”)1201 S. Main Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Keynote Address by Hon. Paul D. Clement
2020 National Student Symposium
The University of Michigan Law School625 State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Arbitration in the #MeToo Era
2019 National Lawyers Convention
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
2019 National Lawyers Convention
Originalism
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Courthouse Steps Decision Teleforum: United States Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association
On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court released its decision in the case of United States...
Keynote Address by Hon. Paul D. Clement
2020 National Student Symposium
On March 14, 2020, the Federalist Society held its 39th National Student Symposium. The Symposium...
Keynote Address by Hon. Paul D. Clement
2020 National Student Symposium
On March 14, 2020, the Federalist Society held its 39th National Student Symposium. The Symposium...
Arbitration in the #MeToo Era
2019 National Lawyers Convention
Over the last decade, the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly recognized the primacy of the...
Arbitration in the #MeToo Era
2019 National Lawyers Convention
Over the last decade, the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly recognized the primacy of the...