Scott Her­shovitz is the direc­tor of the Law and Ethics Pro­gram and pro­fes­sor of law and phi­los­o­phy at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Michi­gan. He holds a BA in phi­los­o­phy and pol­i­tics from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Geor­gia, a JD from Yale Law School, and a D.Phil. from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Schol­ar. Pro­fes­sor Her­shovitz served as a law clerk for Jus­tice Ruth Bad­er Gins­burg of the U.S. Supreme Court. He is mar­ried to Julie Kaplan, a social work­er, whom he met in BBYO. They live in Ann Arbor with their two chil­dren, Rex and Hank.