Prof. John F. Duffy

Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School

Professor Duffy joined the faculty in 2003. After receiving an undergraduate degree in physics, he served as articles editor on the University of Chicago Law Review and was awarded an Olin Fellowship in Law and Economics. Professor Duffy clerked for Judge Stephen Williams on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and for Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court, served as an attorney adviser in the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, and practiced law with the Washington firm of Covington & Burling. Since entering academia in 1996, Professor Duffy has been on the faculty of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and the William and Mary School of Law, and has also served as a visiting professor at the University of Chicago. He has published articles in the University of Chicago Law Review, Columbia Law Review, Texas Law Review, and Supreme Court Review, and he is the co-author of a casebook on patent law. Professor Duffy teaches torts, administrative law, patent law, and international intellectual property law.


Education

  • B.A., Harvard University
  • J.D., University of Chicago

Publications

Patents in the Supreme Court: Bilski v. Kappos - Podcast
Intellectual Proerty Practice Group
July 19, 2010
Administrative Common Law and the Original Meaning of Judicial Review Under the APA
Administrative Law Practice Group Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 2, Summer 1999
August 1, 1999
Federalism Revived? The Printz and City of Boerne Decisions
Federalism & Separation of Powers Practice Group Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 1, Spring 1998
May 1, 1998
Blind to Text, Unfaithful to Principle
Federalism & Separation of Powers Practice Group Newsletter - Volume 1, Issue 1, Fall 1996
December 1, 1996