Alan E. Garfield

Alan E. Garfield is a Professor at Widener University Delaware Law School. He holds a B.A. from Brandeis University and a J.D. from UCLA School of Law, with prior litigation experience at Weil, Gotshal & Manges. His work focuses on Constitutional Law, Copyright, and Contracts, with scholarship in journals like Columbia Law Review Sidebar and Wake Forest Law Review Online. He co-authored the casebook The First Amendment: A Contemporary Approach (2024) and has published extensively on Supreme Court jurisprudence.

Scientific awards:

• Outstanding Faculty Award (2004, 2019, 2021, 2023)
• Douglas E. Ray Excellence in Faculty Scholarship Award (2006, 2015, 2025)
• H. Albert Young Fellow in Constitutional Law (2005-2007)
• Bench Press column awards (Delaware Press Association, national competitions)

Professor Garfield co-founded the Delaware Law School Patent Pro Bono Program and chaired the AALS Section on Mass Communication Law. He served on the Delaware ACLU Board for 17 years, including as President (2015-2017), and currently leads the Jewish Social Policy Action Network Board of Directors.