Fairfax is an elected member of the
American Law Institute. Fairfax was a federal prosecutor and worked for
O'Melveny & Myers before joining the
George Washington University Law School faculty, where he served as
Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law until 2021, when he was appointed dean of the
Washington College of Law at
American University. In 2024, Fairfax became dean of the
Howard University School of Law. Fairfax is also the chair of Archbishop Carroll High School's board of directors. ==References==