Melissa Murray Biography

Melissa Murray is an American legal scholar. She is known for being the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at New York University. Murray previously served as the interim dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

Melissa Murray Age

Melissa was born in 1975 in Florida.

Melissa Murray Height

Melissa is of average stature and shape she has however not revealed any details concerning her height.

Melissa Murray Family

Murray was born and reared in the state of Florida. Her late father Eric was a dentist, and her mother Doreen was a nurse.

Melissa Murray Husband

Melissa is married to Jonah Hill, the two have been married since 2004.

Melissa Murray Education

Melissa received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1997 from the University of Virginia, where she worked as a university guide service historian, was a member of the Washington Literary Society and Debating Union, was a co-chair of the College Bowl, the Colonnade Ball Committee’s fundraising chair, and volunteered at the Learning Needs and Evaluation Center.

Melissa Murray Career

Murray clerked for Sonia Sotomayor and Stefan R. Underhill of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut after graduating from law school. At the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, she was the only African-American clerk.
She started teaching at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2006 and was given tenure in 2011. She and Ashira Ostrow were co-winners of the Association of American Law Schools’ 2012 Scholarly Papers Competition with their article “Marriage as Punishment” as assistant professors.
“Marriage has played a significant role in the operation of the criminal justice system, including both as a defense to crime and as a form of punishment,” Murray writes in her study. Her paper “What’s So New About the New Illegitimacy?” was named one of the finest sexual orientation and gender identity legal review articles of 2012 by the Dukeminier Awards’ Michael Cunningham Prize.
She received the 2014 Rutter Award for Teaching Distinction as a full professor at UC Berkeley, which “honors a professor who has demonstrated an excellent dedication to teaching and who is an inspiration to students.” She was named faculty director of the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice (CRRJ) the following year, the first law school think tank in the United States to focus on reproductive rights and justice issues.
She was also a co-author of the first reproductive rights and justice casebook, “Cases on Reproductive Rights and Justice.” Following the resignation of outgoing dean Sujit Choudhry, Murray was chosen interim dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law on March 22, 2016.

Melissa Murray Net worth

Melissa has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 million – $5 million.