About

Josh Blackman graduated Magna Cum Laude from the George Mason University School of Law, where he was an Articles Editor for the George Mason Law Review.  Blackman is currently a law clerk for the Honorable Kim R. Gibson of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.  Blackman, an aspiring academic, is a prolific young scholar: he has published five law review articles within a year after graduating from law school, in areas as diverse as constitutional law, information privacy law, property law, national security law, and civil rights law.  Blackman’s work has been cited in briefs to the United States Supreme Court, as well as by prominent professors.  Blackman also is a Teaching Fellow at the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law.

Beyond his publishing successes, Blackman is one of the rising stars in the legal blogosphere.  Blackman launched the Internet’s first Supreme Court Fantasy League, FantasySCOTUS.net. With 4,000 members, FantasySCOTUS.net has assembled some of the Supreme Court’s closest followers, and has generated a buzz across the legal scene.  CNN’s Supreme Court Producer called FantasySCOTUS.net the “hottest new fantasy-league game” on the Internet.  Blackman has also been interviewed by ABC News Radio and the Wall Street Journal Law Blog, and has been featured on numerous web sites.  Blackman writes a weekly column on AboveTheLaw.com, the Internet’s most popular legal gossip tabloid.  This feature attracts thousands of readers weekly.  Blackman channels his insightful legal analysis through his blog, JoshBlackman.com, which receives over 10,000 hits a month.  His blog posts are regularly linked by prominent legal blogs, including the Volokh Conspiracy, SCOTUSBlog, How Appealing, and others.

Blackman is also the President and Co-Founder of the Harlan Institute. The Harlan Institute’s mission is to bring a stylized law school experience into the high school classroom to ensure that our next generation of leaders has a proper understanding of our most fundamental laws. By utilizing the expertise of leading legal scholars and the interactivity of online games, Harlan will introduce students to our Constitution, the cases of the United States Supreme Court, and our system of justice. Harlan’s long term strategic goal is to develop condensed law school courses that can be taught at no cost in high schools across the country using engaging online programs. Harlan has partnered with iCivics, an organization founded by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, to help bring our products to students nationwide

For a brief summary of all the things I do, see this post.

For some pictures of me with famous people (mostly Judges and Professors) and Constitutions, see this album.