Kenneth W. Simons

• Torts
• Moral and Political Philosophy

Professor of Philosophy (Joint appointment)

The University of California, Irvine

2016 - Current

Co-director, Center for Legal Philosophy, 2017-present.

Chancellor’s Professor of Law

University of California, Irvine School of Law

2015 - Current

Visiting Professor, Fall 2014.

Professor of Law

Boston University School of Law

1988 - 2015

Associate Professor of Law, 1982-1988; Received tenure in 1988. George Michaels Faculty Research Scholar, 1996-1998. M.L. Sykes Scholar, 2000-2004. The Honorable Frank R. Kenison Distinguished Scholar in Law, 2004-2015.

Visiting Professor of Law

The University of Michigan Law School

1999 - 1999

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Boston University School of Law

1990 - 1993

Law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall

United States Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.

1981 - 1982

Associate

Goodwin, Procter & Hoar

1979 - 1981

Law clerk to Judge James L. Oakes

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Brattleboro, VT and New York, NY

1978 - 1979

Summer Associate

Dobrovir, Oakes, Gebhardt & Scull

1977 - 1977

Legislative intern

U.S. Congressman Paul Tsongas

1976 - 1976

University of Michigan Law School

J.D. (1978)

Honors: Order of the Coif; Magna Cum Laude; Helen L. DeRoy Memorial Award (best student contribution to the Michigan Law Review).

Activities: Michigan Law Review: Associate Editor, Note Editor.

Yale University

B.A. (1975) | Philosophy

Honors: Summa Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Honors in Philosophy.