University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law

Mr Paul MacMahon

Wolfson College

BA, BCL, MPhil (Oxon), JD (Harvard)

Fellow and CTO in Law at Wolfson College

Interests

Private law theory, civil procedure, criminal procedure, courts, legal history

CV / Biography

Experience

  • Law Clerk to Judge Guido Calabresi, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • Law Clerk to Judge John Gleeson, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • Worked in Appellate Litigation in New York City at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP (admitted to the New York Bar 2009)

Academic Honours

  • Graduated magna cum laude (top 10%) from Harvard Law School
  • Graduated with Distinction from the BCL at Oxford University
  • Graduated with First Class Honours in Law and the Martin Wronker Prize, Proxime Accessit, Oxford University
  • Winner, Gibbs Prize in Law (undergraduate prize at Oxford for Contract, Tort, and Property)

Journal Work

  • Articles Editor, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. 2008-09
  • General Editor, Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 2003-04

Other

  • Maintain a blog about the Irish Supreme Court at www.extempore.ie

Lecturing & Supervising
Tripos

Supervises Law of Contract and Law of Tort.

Publications
Articles
Conference Papers