Stephen M. Gillers was born in 1943. After graduating from
Brooklyn College with a B.A. in 1964, he received his J.D. in 1968 from the
New York University School of Law. Gillers annually co-authors
Regulation of Lawyers: Statutes and Standards (with Professor
Roy Simon of
Hofstra). Gillers' political activism includes calling on then-presidential candidate
John Kerry in 2004 to name former U.S. President
Bill Clinton as his running mate in a
New York Times op-ed. Gillers has also been critical of
U.S. Supreme Court Justices accepting paid trips to legal seminars. In 2024, after a "
Stop The Steal" flag was hoisted at Supreme Court Justice
Samuel A. Alito Jr's home, Gillers said he found it "impossible to believe" that Alito, who blamed the flag on his wife, knew about the flag. Gillers said, no "objective observer would question Alito’s impartiality based on this incident." ==References==