birth_place influences nationality fields workplaces birth_date article_title name alma_mater
brooklyn , new york martin ginsburg american tax law columbia law school 05 december 1968 david schizer
 david schizer yale university
david schizer

david m. schizer -lrb- born december 5 , 1968 -rrb- was named the fourteenth dean of columbia law school in 2004 .
he was appointed dean at the age of 35 , making him the youngest dean in the school 's history and one of the youngest deans of a top law school .
he served in this position until june 30 , 2014 .
schizer worked at davis polk & wardwell prior to joining the columbia law faculty in 1998 .
schizer is occasionally mentioned as a potential future united states supreme court nominee .
schizer is a graduate of yale university where he earned his b.a. , m.a. and j.d. degrees .
while there , he was also the editor of the `` yale law journal '' .
schizer clerked for u.s. supreme court associate justice ruth bader ginsburg for the 1994-95 term , and for judge alex kozinski of the u.s. court of appeals for the ninth circuit from 1993-94 term .
schizer is a member of the federalist society .
schizer continues to teach a colloquium on tax .
his research also focuses on energy law and corporate governance issues .
prior to his appointment as dean , schizer served as the wilbur h. friedman professor of tax law at columbia law school .
for his ingenuity in the classroom , students awarded him the willis l.m. reese prize for excellence in teaching in 2002 .
