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About the Author

Robert Mikos is the LaRoche Family Chair in Law at Vanderbilt University and one of the nation’s leading authorities on marijuana law and policy. Over the last decade, he has written, lectured, consulted and testified on the struggles among federal, state, and local officials to control marijuana policy, among other topics.

Professor Mikos earned his A.B. cum laude from Princeton University and his J.D. summa cum laude from the University of Michigan. After graduation from law school, Mikos clerked for Chief Judge Michael Boudin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He now teaches Constitutional Law, Federalism, and Marijuana Law and Policy at Vanderbilt University Law School. Professor Mikos has previously taught at the University of Michigan, the University of California, Davis, and the University of Notre Dame.

Professor Mikos can be reached at robert<dot>mikos<at>vanderbilt<dot>edu.