Prof. Adam M. Gershowitz

Biography

"Adam Gershowitz received his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Delaware. He then earned his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif, won the Roger and Madeleine Traynor Prize for best paper by a graduating student, and served as the Articles Development Editor of the Virginia Law Review. After law school, Professor Gershowitz served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert B. King of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and worked as a litigation associate at Covington & Burling. Prior to joining William & Mary, Professor Gershowitz taught at the University of Houston Law Center and South Texas College of Law. Professor Gershowitz has won seven teaching awards, including the Professor of the Year prize at three different law schools. In 2015, the graduating class honored him with the Walter L. Williams, Jr. Memorial Teaching Award. Previously, he was awarded the All University Teaching Award at the University of Houston. Outside of the classroom, Professor Gershowitz has been quoted in hundreds of media stories, including in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and NPR. Professor Gershowitz is the author of more than two dozen scholarly articles, which have appeared in the Michigan Law Review, Northwestern University Law Review, UCLA Law Review, Vanderbilt Law Review, and other leading journals. The College of William & Mary recognized Professor Gershowitz's research with a Plumeri Award for Faculty Excellence in 2015. The Supreme Court cited his amicus brief in its ruling in Riley v. California, 134 S. Ct. 2473 (2014) forbidding warrantless cell phone searches."

Research Interest

Criminal Law; Criminal Law--White Collar Crime; Criminal Procedure Law