Stephen Wermiel

Wermiel was born at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. He graduated in 1968. ==Career==

Journalism Wermiel began as a college intern and later became a correspondent for the Boston Globe for the Washington, D.C. area. From 1979 to 1991, Wermiel covered the U.S. Supreme Court for the Wall Street Journal, remaining there even after his law school graduation. In the 1990s, Wermiel also served on the board of directors and legal committee of the ACLU of Georgia. The records included case files, correspondence, and case histories that Justice Brennan's clerks had prepared each term. Wermiel responded by saying that he was overwhelmed by the project. Stern who reorganized the material and drafted most of the book chapters. Wermiel is a contributor to SCOTUSblog, where he writes the SCOTUS for Law Students column. Wermiel has made numerous appearances on cable news networks, including ABC News and MSNBC. Wermiel has also made appearances on C-SPAN as a correspondent and legal expert. American University Washington College of Law Wermiel was a teaching fellow at William and Mary Law School and then taught at Georgia State University College of Law. The project places law students in underserved high schools, where the law students teach constitutional law and civic engagement to high school students. He currently serves as a faculty adviser for the project. Wermiel is a Fellow in the Program on Law & Government at the university. Wermiel is a faculty adviser for the Moot Court Honor Society, American University Law Review, Administrative Law Review, and the Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law. ==Publications==

Books • Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion (with Seth Stern) (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010). • Justice Brennan and Federalism Encyclopedia of American Federalism (Joseph Marbach, Ellis Katz, & Troy Smith, eds., Greenwood Press 2005). • Essay on Justice Brennan Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law (Yale U. Press 2004). • William J. Brennan, Jr. Oxford Companion to American Law (Oxford U. Press 2002). • William J. Brennan, Jr. American National Biography Online (Oxford U. Press 2001) (reprinted in American National Biography (Print Supp.), 2002). • A Claim of Sexual Harassment A Year in the Life of the Supreme Court (Rodney A. Smolla, ed., Duke U. Press 1995). • William J. Brennan Jr. The Supreme Court Justices A Biographical Dictionary (Melvin Urofsky, ed., Garland Publishing 1994). • William J. Brennan Jr. The Supreme Court Justices Illustrated Biographies 1789-1993 (Clare Cushman, ed., Congressional Q. 1993). ==Awards==

In January 2018, Wermiel received the Robert F. Drinan Award from the American Bar Association Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice for dedication and service to the section. ==Personal life==

Wermiel is married to Rhonda Schwartz, the senior producer for Brian Ross at ABC News. Together, they have one daughter, Anne. They have a home in Sharon, Connecticut. ==References==