Brant T. Lee
Title: Professor of Law
Office: Room 329 C. Blake McDowell Law Building
Phone: 330-972-6616
Email: btlee@uakron.edu
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Biography
Prior to joining the Akron Law faculty, Professor Brant T. Lee practiced law as an attorney in private practice in San Francisco, served as Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, and served briefly as acting Deputy Staff Secretary and Special Assistant to the President in the White House. He was the founding Chair of the Akron Civil Rights Commission and founding Director of the Akron Law PLUS (Prelaw Undergraduate Scholars) Program, a diversity pipeline program funded by the Law School Admission Council. Lee received his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, and his J.D. and M.P.P. (Master of Public Policy) degrees from Harvard University. Professor Lee writes in the area of race and complex systems. He teaches courses on Property Law, Employment Discrimination, and Social Justice Lawyering, among others. In the Fall of 2020, Professor Lee created and taught a free, online course to the general public on “Racial Equality and the Law,” in which over 5,000 participants enrolled.