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| office = [[Senior status|Senior Judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]]

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| office1 = Chief Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]]

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| predecessor1 = [[Abner Mikva]]

| successor1 = [[Douglas H. Ginsburg]]

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'''Harry Thomas Edwards''' (born November 3, 1940), is an American jurist. andHe legalserved scholar, is currentlyas a [[United States federal judge|Senior United States Circuitcircuit Judgejudge]] and chief judge emeritus of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]] infrom 1980 to 2005, taking [[Washington,senior D.C.status]] in 2005,<ref>Federal Judicial Center, [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=692&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present]; United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, [http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/home.nsf/Content/VL+-+Judges+-+HTE Judge Harry T. Edwards]. </ref> and a professor of law at the [[New York University School of Law]].<ref name=":1">[https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/profile.cfm?section=bio&personID=19895 NYU School of Law Faculty Profile: Harry T. Edwards]. </ref>

Edwards was born inon [[NewNovember York3, City]]1940, in [[New York (city)|New YorkCity]], the oldest of three children and the son of Arline Ross Edwards and George H. Edwards. His parents were divorced in 1950 and Edwards and his two sisters, Verne Debourg and Pamela Matthews, were raised by their mother. From 1952 to 1953, his mother attended [[Smith College]], where she earned a Master's degree in social work.<ref>Emily Cobb, Arlene (sic) Lyle – A Person for People, The Hudsonian (The Official Student Newspaper for Hudson Valley Community College, N.Y.), Feb. 13, 1974, p.3.</ref> While his mother was away, Edwards lived with his grandparents,<ref name=":2">Harry T. Edwards, [http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/55631/LQN.0037.002.pdf?sequence=1 Personal Reflections on Thirty Years of Legal Education for Minority Students], The University of Michigan Law School, Law Quadrangle Notes (Summer 1994), p.43. </ref> in the [[Harlem]] section of [[Manhattan]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. When his mother returned, the family moved to [[Long Island, New York|Long Island]], where Edwards attended [[Uniondale High School]] and was president of the first graduating class.<ref>SIGNATURE, 1958 Yearbook for Uniondale High School, Uniondale, Long Island, New York, p. 55.</ref> In 1961, Edwards' mother married Thomas Lyle.

Edwards received a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree from [[Cornell University]] in 1962 and a [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[University of Michigan Law School]] in 1965.<ref name=":1" /> He graduated from law school with distinction and was a member of the ''[[Michigan Law Review]]'' and the [[Order of the Coif]].<ref>Harry T. Edwards, The Journey from Brown v. Board of Education to Grutter v. Bollinger: From Racial Assimilation to Diversity, 102 MICH. L. REV. 944, 955 (2004).</ref> When he graduated from Michigan, he was the only African American (law student or member of the faculty) in the law school.<ref name=":2" />

{{cite journal | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/19/style/mildred-matesich-and-a-judge-are-wed.html |title = MILDRED MATESICH AND A JUDGE ARE WED | date =July 19, 1987 | journal = The New York Times | accessdateaccess-date =March 7, 2016}}</ref> his stepmother, Esther Gordy Edwards, a Seniorsenior Vicevice Presidentpresident at Motown Record Company;<ref>Valerie J. Nelson, [https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2011-aug-28-la-me-esther-gordy-edwards-20110828-story.html Esther Gordy Edwards dies at 91; sister of Motown Records founder], Los Angeles Times (August 28, 2011); Detroit News photo gallery [http://multimedia.detnews.com/pix/photogalleries/newsgallery/83111EstherGordyEdwardsFuneral/index15.html 1] and [http://multimedia.detnews.com/pix/photogalleries/newsgallery/83111EstherGordyEdwardsFuneral/index4 2]; [http://www.legacy.com/ns/obituary.aspx?pid=153285292 Esther Gordy Edwards Obituary], Legacy.com.</ref> and Berry Gordy, Jr., the founder of Motown Record Company.<ref>[http://multimedia.detnews.com/pix/photogalleries/newsgallery/83111EstherGordyEdwardsFuneral/index19.html Berry Gordy, Jr.] and [http://multimedia.detnews.com/pix/photogalleries/newsgallery/83111EstherGordyEdwardsFuneral/index15.html Harry T. Edwards] speaking at the funeral of Esther Gordy Edwards, The Detroit News.</ref>

Despite his very strong academic record in law school, Edwards had difficulty finding a job in the legal profession because he was African American. All of the major law firms to which he applied openly rejected him because of his race.<ref>Harry T. Edwards, The Journey from Brown v. Board of Education to Grutter v. Bollinger: From Racial Assimilation to Diversity, 102 MICH. L. REV. 944, 955-56 (2004).</ref> It was only after Professor Russell Smith, his mentor at Michigan, interceded on his behalf that he was hired at [[Seyfarth Shaw|Seyfarth, Shaw]], Fairweather & Geraldson.<ref>Harry T. Edwards, [http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/55631/LQN.0037.002.pdf?sequence=1 Personal Reflections on Thirty Years of Legal Education for Minority Students], The University of Michigan Law School, Law Quadrangle Notes (Summer 1994), p.39.</ref> He worked with the firm in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] from 1965 to 1970, specializing in labor relations law and collective bargaining.<ref>[http://www.law.umich.edu/historyandtraditions/faculty/Faculty_Lists/Alpha_Faculty/Documents/Law_Quad_Notes/Edwards_Harry%20T_1970.pdf Four New Professors Join Law School Faculty], 15 L. Quadrangle Notes 2-3 (Fall, 1970). </ref>

In 1970, he accepted an invitation to join the faculty of the [[University of Michigan Law School]] and became the first African American to teach at the law school.<ref name="Harry T. Edwards 2004">Harry T. Edwards, The Journey from Brown v. Board of Education to Grutter v. Bollinger: From Racial Assimilation to Diversity, 102 MICH. L. REV. 944, 956 (2004).</ref> His teaching and scholarship focused on labor law, collective bargaining, labor law in the public sector, employment discrimination, arbitration, negotiations, and higher education and the law. In 1974, he and his then-wife Becky, and their children, Brent and Michelle, traveled to Brussels, Belgium, where Edwards was a Visiting Professor of Law at the Free University of Brussels.<ref name=":0">[http://www.law.umich.edu/historyandtraditions/faculty/Faculty_Lists/Alpha_Faculty/Documents/Law_Quad_Notes/Edwards_Harry%20T_1976.pdf Harry Edwards Joins Harvard Law Faculty], 20 L. Quadrangle Notes 6 (Spring, 1976). </ref> In 1975, Edwards accepted an invitation to visit at Harvard Law School. He was a Visiting Professor of Law at [[Harvard Law School]] during the 1975–76 school year and then accepted a tenured position on the law school faculty in 1976.<ref name=":0" /> While at Harvard, Edwards was also a faculty member at the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard University from 1976 through 1982.<ref>[http://www.law.umich.edu/historyandtraditions/faculty/Faculty_Lists/Alpha_Faculty/Pages/HarryTEdwards.aspx Faculty History], University of Michigan Law School; [https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/profile.cfm?section=bio&personID=19895 NYU School of Law Faculty Profile: Harry T. Edwards]. </ref> During this period, he co-authored a book on Higher Education and the Law, which was a major shift in his academic work. In the spring of 1977, Edwards and his family returned to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he rejoined the faculty of the University of Michigan Law School. In 1980, Edwards was the co-author of four different casebooks (the only legal scholar in the country at the time to achieve the feat).<ref name="law.umich.edu">[http://www.law.umich.edu/historyandtraditions/faculty/Faculty_Lists/Alpha_Faculty/Documents/Law_Quad_Notes/Edwards_Harry_T.pdf Harry Edwards Appointed to U.S. Court Post], 24 L. Quadrangle Notes 1 (Winter, 1980). </ref>

When President Carter took office in 1977, thereamong werethe onlyactive twofederal blackscourt andof oneappeals womanjudges, amongthere thewas activeonly federalone courtwoman, ofand appealsonly two Black judges.<ref>Nancy Scherer; Diversifying the Federal Bench: Is Universal Legitimacy for the U.S. Justice System Possible?, 105 N.W. L. Rev. 587 (2011); Mary Clark, [https://web.archive.org/web/20071013041145/http://www.aals.org/profdev/women/clark.pdf Carter's Groundbreaking Appointment of Women to the Federal Bench: His Other "Human Rights" Record], Association of American Law Schools (2003).</ref> To address this situation, the President established merit selection panels to identify and recommend highly qualified female and minority attorneys for appointment to the federal bench.<ref>National Center for State Courts, [http://www.judicialselection.com/federal_judicial_selection/federal_judicial_nominating_commissions.cfm?state=FD Federal Judicial Selection – Federal Judicial Nominating Commissions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927080752/http://judicialselection.com/federal_judicial_selection/federal_judicial_nominating_commissions.cfm?state=FD |date=2013-09-27 }}.</ref> In 1979, the judicial selection panel for the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]] sent nine names to then-Attorney General [[Griffin Bell]]. From that list, President Carter nominated [[Patricia Wald]],<ref>Judicial Portraits – U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, [https://dcchs.org/judges/wald-patricia-mcgowan/?portfolioCats=5%2C4 Patricia McGowan Wald].</ref> [[Abner Mikva]],<ref>Judicial Portraits – U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, [https://dcchs.org/judges/mikva-abner-joseph/?portfolioCats=5%2C4 Abner J. Mikva]; [https://dcchs.org/judges/mikva-abner-j/?portfolioCats=11 Oral History of Hon. Abner J. Mikva]; [http://magazine.uchicago.edu/9608/9608Mikva3.html Dissenting Opinion], The University of Chicago Magazine (August 1996).</ref> and Edwards to serve on the court. [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]<ref>Judicial Portraits – U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, [https://dcchs.org/judges/ginsburg-ruth-bader/?portfolioCats=5%2C4 Ruth Bader Ginsburg]. </ref> was later nominated when an additional opening arose on the D.C. Circuit. Edwards was nominated by the President on December 6, 1979, to a seat vacated by Judge [[David L. Bazelon]], and confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on February 20, 1980.<ref name="fjc.gov">Federal{{FJC Judicial Center, [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=692&cidBio|nid=999&ctype1380411|inline=na&instate=na Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present].yes}}</ref> The President signed his commission to join the court on February 20, 1980.<ref>{{FJC nameBio|nid="fjc.gov"1380411|inline=yes}}</ref> He was 39 years old when he joined the court, reputedly the youngest federal court of appeals judge sitting at the time.<ref name="law.umich.edu"/>

Judge Edwards served as Chief Judge from the fall of 1994 until July 2001.<ref>{{FJC nameBio|nid="fjc.gov"1380411|inline=yes}}</ref> During his nearly seven years as Chief Judge of the D.C. Circuit, Edwards directed numerous IT initiatives at the D.C. Circuit;<ref>William K. Olivier, An Interview with Judge Harry T. Edwards, 49 JUDGES' J. 4 (Summer 2010).</ref> oversaw a complete reorganization of the Clerk's Office and Legal Division; implemented case management programs that helped to cut the court's case backlog and reduce case disposition times; successfully pursued congressional support for the construction of the William B. Bryant Annex to the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse; presided over the court's hearings in United States v. Microsoft; established programs to enhance communications with the lawyers who practice before the court; and received high praise from members of the bench, bar, and press for fostering collegial relations among the members of the court.<ref>Lily Henning, [http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=900005441229&slreturn=20130523172316 The Edwards Treatment], Legal Times (Nov. 21, 2005); Personal Profile: J. Groner, Chiefly, Edwards Is A Calming Influence, Legal Times, Week of July 8, 1996, Vol. xix, No. 8, at p.1; Personal Profile: J. Groner, Don't Fence Him In, The American Lawyer, July/August 1996, at p. 39.</ref> He assumed [[senior status]] on November 3, 2005.<ref>{{FJC Bio|nid=1380411|inline=yes}}</ref>

Since 1980, Judge Edwards has taught at a number of law schools, including [[Duke University School of Law|Duke]], [[Georgetown University Law Center|Georgetown]], [[Harvard Law School|Harvard]], [[University of Pennsylvania Law School|Pennsylvania]], and [[University of Michigan Law School|Michigan]].<ref name=":1" /> He is presently a professor of law at the [[New York University School of Law|NYU School of Law]], where he has taught since 1990.<ref name=":1" /> In 2010, he was the C.V. Starr Distinguished Jurist in Residence at the [[Peking University School of Transnational Law]], Shenzhen, China.<ref name=":1" /> He is the coauthor of five books.<ref name=":1" /> His most recent book is Edwards & Elliott, Federal Standards of Review (3d ed. 2018).

One of his most significant publications, "The Growing Disjunction Between Legal Education and the Legal Profession", 91 Mich. L. Rev. 34 (1992), has been the source of extensive comment, discussion, and debate among legal scholars and practitioners. The article has been recognized as "one of the most-cited law review articles of all time."<ref>Fred R. Shapiro & Michelle Pearse, The Most-Cited Law Review Articles of All Time, 110 MICH. L. REV. 1483, 1492, 1493, 1501 (2012).</ref> Three other articles, "Collegial Decision Making in the U.S. Courts of Appeals" (July 2017);<ref name=":3">Harry T. Edwards, [https://ssrn.com/abstract=3071857 Collegial Decision Making in the U.S. Courts of Appeals], NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 17-47 (November 15, 2017). </ref> Edwards & Livermore, "The Pitfalls of Empirical Studies That Attempt to Understand the Factors Affecting Appellate Decisionmaking", 58 Duke L.J.1895 (2009); and "The Effects of Collegiality on Judicial Decision Making", 151 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1639 (May 2003), explain how appellate judges decide cases and refute the claim that the personal ideologies and political leanings of court of appeals judges are crucial determinants in their decision-making.

In 2004, in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of ''[[Brown v. Board of Education|]]''Brown v. Board of Education'']], Edwards authored "The Journey from Brown v. Board of Education to Grutter v. Bollinger: From Racial Assimilation to Diversity," 102 Mich. L. Rev. 944 (2004), drawing on his own personal and professional experiences to reflect on racial equality and inequality in America over the past 50 years and pondering the consequences of the shift from racial assimilation to diversity as a means of achieving racial equality.<ref name="Harry T. Edwards 2010">Harry T. Edwards, The National Academy of Sciences Report on Forensic Sciences: What it Means for the Bench and Bar, 51 JURIMETRICS J. 1 (Summer 2010).</ref> In 2017, he amplified some of his thoughts on racial bias in a paper entitled  “Reflections on Racial Stigmas and Stereotyping.”<ref>Harry T. Edwards, [https://ssrn.com/abstract=3064876 Reflections on Racial Stigmas and Stereotyping] (March 25, 2017).    </ref>

In 2006, Judge Edwards was appointed by the United States National Research Council at the [[National Academy of Sciences]] to serve as co-chair of the ''Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Community''.<ref name="Harry T. Edwards 2010"/> On February 18, 2009, the Committee published a widely hailed study reporting serious deficiencies in the nation's forensic science system and calling for major reforms and new research.<ref>[http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/stl/forensic_science/ Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward], National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2009). </ref> The report said that rigorous and mandatory certification programs for forensic scientists were lacking, as were strong standards and protocols for analyzing and reporting on evidence.<ref name="www8.nationalacademies.org">'[http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?recordid=12589 Badly Fragmented' Forensic Science System Needs Overhaul; Evidence to Support Reliability of Many Techniques Is Lacking], National Academy of Sciences, Office of News and Other Public Information (Feb. 18, 2009). </ref> The report also indicated that there was a dearth of peer-reviewed, published studies establishing the scientific bases and reliability of many forensic methods, and that many forensic science labs were underfunded, understaffed, and had no effective oversight.<ref name="www8.nationalacademies.org"/> Numerous reform efforts have been initiated in the wake of the report.<ref>See, e.g., Nancy Petro, [http://wrongfulconvictionsblog.org/2013/04/05/four-years-after-report-decrying-forensic-sciences-a-sign-of-progress/ Four Years After Report Decrying Forensic Sciences, a Sign of Progress], The Wrongful Convictions Blog (April 5, 2013). </ref>

Judge Edwards also served on the Committee on Science, Technology, and Law at the National Academy of Sciences from 2013 to 2018.<ref>[http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/stl/PGA_049554 Committee on Science, Technology, and Law], The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. </ref> In 2016, he served as Coco-Chairchair of the Senior Advisors to the [[United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology|President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology]], which published a “Report to the President – Forensic Science in Criminal Courts: Ensuring Scientific Validity of Feature-Comparison Methods” (2016).<ref>[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/PCAST/pcast_forensic_science_report_final.pdf Forensic Science in Criminal Courts: Ensuring Scientific Validity of Feature-Comparison Methods], Executive Office of the President, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (September 2016). </ref> From 2009 to 2018, Judge Edwards wrote a number of papers and spoke out regularly in favor of reform in the forensic science community.<ref>See, e.g, Harry T. Edwards, The National Academy of Sciences Report on Forensic Sciences: What it Means for the Bench and Bar, 51 Jurimetrics 1 (Fall 2010); [https://www.law.nyu.edu/news/harry-edwards-national-commission-on-forensic-science Judge Harry T. Edwards delivers opening address at the inaugural meeting of the National Commission on Forensic Science] (February 3, 2014) and [http://www.law.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/EdwardsSpeechtoNCFS.pdf Reflections on the Findings of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Community] and [http://www.evidencemagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1586&Itemid=49 Meeting on the Path Forward], Evidence Technology Magazine; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTyQt9IUAhA Evidence, Science, and Reason in an Era of “Post-Truth” Politics], Harvard Law School (October 27, 2017); Harry T. Edwards & Jennifer L. Mnookin, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-wake-up-call-on-the-junk-science-infesting-our-courtrooms/2016/09/19/85b6eb22-7e90-11e6-8d13-d7c704ef9fd9_story.html?utm_term=.5d886b7e425d A Wake-up Call on the Junk Science Infesting Our Courtrooms], Washington Post (September 20, 2016); Harry T. Edwards, [https://ssrn.com/abstract=3379373. Ten Years After the National Academy of Sciences’ Landmark Report on Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward – Where are We?], NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 19-23 (April 12, 2019).    </ref> In April 2019, the Judge received the [[Innocence Network]] Champion of Justice Award on behalf of the ''Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Community'' at the National Academy of Sciences. The award honors those who support efforts to reform the criminal justice system and prevent wrongful convictions.<ref>[http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=4122019 Co-Chairs of Forensic Science Report Honored by Innocence Network], The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (April 12, 2019).    </ref>

Judge Edwards is a member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]; the Board of Directors, Institute for Judicial Administration, [[New York University School of Law|NYU School of Law]]; and a fellow of the [[American Bar Foundation]].<ref name=":1" /> In 2004, Edwards received the Robert J. Kutak Award, presented by the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar "to a person who meets the highest standards of professional responsibility and demonstrates substantial achievement toward increased understanding between legal education and the active practice of law."<ref name=":1" /> In 2011, Edwards was the recipient of the Inaugural Distinguished Alumni Award from the [[University of Michigan Law School]].<ref>Becky Freligh, [http://www.law.umich.edu/newsandinfo/features/Pages/2011DAA.aspx Edwards, Fiske, Pogue: First Distinguished Alumni Award Winners], The University of Michigan Law School (2011). </ref> He was selected by [[William & Mary School of Law]] to receive their 2015 Marshall-Wythe Medallion, the highest honor conferred by the law faculty, recognizing members of the legal community who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishment in law; the Groat Alumni Award from [[Cornell University]]; the Society of American Law Teachers Award (for "Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Public Service"); and he has received a number of honorary degrees.<ref name=":1" />

Judge Edwards and his wife, Pamela Carrington-Edwards, were married in 2000. Justice [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] officiated their wedding ceremony.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/13/style/weddings-pamela-carrington-harry-edwards.html Weddings; Pamela Carrington, Harry Edwards], New York Times (Feb. 13, 2000). </ref> He has a son, Brent, who is a professor of comparative literature at [[Columbia University]], a daughter, Michelle, and four grandchildren.<ref name="law.umich.edu" />

Judge Edwards is the coauthor of five books.<ref name=":1" /> He has also published scores of articles and papers dealing with legal education, the effects of collegiality on appellate decision making, the pitfalls of empirical studies that purport to measure and characterize judicial decision making, judicial process, federalism, comparative law, legal ethics, judicial administration, professionalism, labor law, equal employment opportunity, labor arbitration, higher education law, and alternative dispute resolution.<ref>See Ronald K. L. Collins, “On Legal Scholarship: Questions for Judge Harry T. Edwards,” 65 Journal of Legal Education 637 (Spring 2016).    </ref> The following list offers a sample of some of his publications:

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==SourcesExternal links==

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