Dr. Nelson Lund

Nelson Lund is Vice Dean and Patrick Henry Professor of Constitutional Law and the Second Amendment at George Mason University School of Law, where he has served as co-editor of the Supreme Court Economic Review and acted as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. A graduate of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, he holds advanced degrees in philosophy from the Catholic University of America (M.A. 1978), and in political science from Harvard University (A.M. 1979; Ph.D. 1981). He received his law degree in 1985 from the University of Chicago, where he was executive editor of the University of Chicago Law Review and chapter president of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy.

Nelson Lund has written widely in the field of constitutional law, including articles on constitutional interpretation, federalism, separation of powers and the Second Amendment.