He graduated second in his class from the University of Wisconsin Law School, Order of the Coif. There, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Wisconsin Law Review. He then clerked for Chief Justice Patience Drake Roggensack before serving as her Executive Assistant. After that, Skylar clerked for Justice Rebecca Grassl Bradley. He has published numerous scholarly articles, which have been cited by multiple state supreme courts. Skylar also is a Master of Liberal Arts Candidate at Harvard University, where he studies government through Harvard Extension School. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering, summa cum laude, from Norwich University, the Military College of Vermont. He worked as an engineer before law school and is a former Captain in the Wisconsin Army National Guard.
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