Mr. Mossoff is an Associate Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law. He specializes in intellectual property and property law, and has published numerous articles and book reviews on topics in patent law, property law, legal history and legal philosophy. He was previously a law professor at Michigan State University College of Law, as well as a Visiting Lecturer and John M. Olin Fellow in Law at Northwestern University School of Law. He clerked for the Hon. Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Professor Mossoff graduated from the University of Chicago Law School with honors in 2001. He has a M.A. in philosophy from Columbia University, where he specialized in legal and political philosophy, and a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Michigan, where he graduated magna cum laude and with high honors in philosophy. He was a member of the founding class of the Objectivist Graduate Center, the precursor to the Objectivist Academic Center, and has lectured at Objectivist conferences and university clubs for many years.