He received his B.A. degree from the University of Virginia and his J.D. degree from the Harvard Law School. Prior to joining the Boston College faculty in 1992, he practiced law at Shearman & Sterling and served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia. He recently served as Fellow at the Humanities Research Institute at the University of California at Irvine. Professor Farley writes in the area of legal theory and constitutional law. His many publications include "Lacan & Voting Rights" in the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities and "Lilies of the Field: A Critique of Adjudication" in the Cardozo Law Review.