Berkowitz taught
constitutional law and
jurisprudence at the
Antonin Scalia Law School from 1999 to 2007, and
political philosophy in the Department of Government at
Harvard University from 1990 to 1999. In 1997, after
Harvard University president
Neil Rudenstine rejected the Department of Government's recommendation and denied his
tenure, Berkowitz challenged the process by which Rudenstine reached his decision through Harvard's internal grievance procedure. Eventually, in 2000, he brought a lawsuit for breach of contract against Harvard, alleging flaws in both the tenure review process and the grievance procedure. In 2003, the
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court dismissed his case. He sits on the board of directors of the
National Association of Scholars. He has defended
George W. Bush and
neoconservative policies. Berkowitz formerly served on the foreign policy advisory team in the
Rudy Giuliani 2008 presidential campaign. Berkowitz is the Tad and Dianne Taube senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. In October 2020 he tested positive for
coronavirus following meetings with senior officials at
10 Downing Street and the
Foreign Office in London, and with officials in Budapest and Paris. Some U.S. State Department officials were angered by Berkowitz's trip, arguing that it was unnecessary. During his tenure at the State Department, Berkowitz served as executive secretary to the
Commission on Unalienable Rights. During Berkowitz's tenure, the Commission produced a
Report of the Commission on Unalienable Rights, which emphasizes America's dedication to
inalienable rights — the rights shared by all people — and the foundations of
human rights that can be found across cultures throughout the world. Under Berkowitz's supervision, the
Policy Planning Staff produced an unclassified paper,
The Elements of the China Challenge, which described the reasons for
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's focus on great power
competition with China.
Author and columnist Following his tenure at the State Department, Berkowitz resumed his duties at the Hoover Institution and became a columnist at
RealClearPolitics. He also writes for other publications and is the author of several books on political philosophy and on
international law, most recently
Constitutional Conservatism (Hoover Press, 2013).
Professor and lecturer In addition to teaching regularly in the United States and Israel, Berkowitz has led seminars on the principles of
freedom and the
American constitutional tradition for students from
Burma at the
George W. Bush Presidential Center and for Korean students at
Underwood International College at
Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. In 2017, Berkowitz was awarded the Bradley Prize. Berkowitz delivered the 2018 Scalia Lecture, "Liberal Education, Law, and Liberal Democracy," at
Harvard Law School. == Bibliography ==