Jenny Martínez Explained

Jenny Martínez
Office:14th Provost of Stanford University
Term Start:October 1, 2023
Predecessor:Persis Drell
Birth Date:5 November 1971
Birth Place:San Francisco, California, U.S.
Education:Yale University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
Office2:Dean of Stanford Law School
Term2:April 2019 – September 2023
Successor2:Robert Weisberg
Predecessor2:M. Elizabeth Magill

Jenny S. Martínez (born November 5, 1971) is an American legal scholar and Stanford University's 14th provost.[1] Stanford University President Richard Saller named her to the position in August 2023, effective October 1, 2023. Martinez succeeded Persis Drell, who announced in May that she would step down as provost.[2]

From April 2019 to September 2023, she served as the Dean of Stanford Law School. She joined the Stanford faculty in 2003, and has taught courses on constitutional law, international law, and human rights. She is an authority on international law and constitutional law, including comparative constitutional law. She is the author of The Slave Trade, The Origins of International Human Rights Law (Oxford University Press, 2012).[3]

Education and legal career

Martínez graduated cum laude with distinction from Yale University and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. During her first year in law school, she was awarded the Sears Prize, which goes to the two students with the highest first year grades. She served as managing editor of the Harvard Law Review and was twice published in the Law Review. After law school, she clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer,[4] Patricia Wald of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia,[5] and Judge Guido Calabresi of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

She joined Stanford Law School's faculty in 2003, after working as an attorney at the law firm Jenner & Block in Washington, D.C., and as a senior research fellow and visiting lecturer at Yale University. She has twice been named one of the "100 Most Influential Hispanics" and an "Elite Woman" by Hispanic Business magazine." She also was named to the National Law Journal's list of "Top 40 Lawyers Under 40" and the American Lawyer's "Young Litigators Fab Fifty." She also has received the Civil Rights Advocacy Award from the La Raza Lawyers of San Francisco and the Ray of Hope Award from Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE). When asked to cite the best U.S. Supreme Court decision since 1960 by Time, she cited New York Times Co. v. U.S. (1971).[6] She has pointed to the Japanese internment case, Korematsu v. U.S. (1944), as among the worst opinions.[7] Martínez represented José Padilla in the Supreme Court in Rumsfeld v. Padilla.[8] [9] [10]

She is a member of the American Law Institute[11] and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[12]

Publications

Personal life

In 2004, Martínez married David Silliman Graham.[13] They have four daughters, four chickens, two cats and a dog.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: University . Stanford . 2023-08-23 . Jenny S. Martinez appointed Stanford provost . 2023-12-29 . Stanford Report . en.
  2. Web site: 2023-08-23 . Jenny S. Martinez appointed Stanford provost . 2023-08-24 . Stanford Report . . en.
  3. Web site: About the Provost. 2023-10-05. Stanford Office of the Provost. 1 October 2023 . en.
  4. News: Feldman. Noah. Nominees for the appeals court bench are brilliant lawyers, who happen to be conservative.. May 8, 2017. Bloomberg News. May 8, 2017.
  5. News: Kontorovich. Eugene. Three international courts and their constitutional problems. May 8, 2017. Washington Post. February 3, 2014.
  6. News: Sachs. Andrea. The Best Supreme Court Decisions Since 1960. May 8, 2017. Time Magazine. October 6, 2015.
  7. News: Bomboy. Scott. The Supreme Court's 'worst decision' lives on in 2016 campaign. May 8, 2017. Constitution Center Blog. December 18, 2015.
  8. Web site: Jenny S. Martinez | Stanford Law School. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120222172529/http://www.law.stanford.edu/directory/profile/42/. 2012-02-22. 2012-03-15. Law.stanford.edu.
  9. News: Barbash. Fred. November 22, 2005. Padilla's Lawyers Suggest Indictment Helps Government Avoid Court Fight. Washington Post. May 8, 2017.
  10. News: April 29, 2004. Bush Unbound: The Supreme Court must order the government to charge or release Jose Padilla. Harvard Crimson. May 8, 2017.
  11. Web site: SLS Professor Jenny S. Martinez Elected to American Law Institute. 2020-10-07. Stanford Law School. 30 October 2015 . en.
  12. Web site: New 2020 Members Announced. 2020-10-07. American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 23 April 2020 . en.
  13. News: Weddings: Jenny Martinez, David Graham. May 8, 2017. New York Times. November 7, 2004.