Richard Briffault

Richard Briffault is the Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation at Columbia Law School. His work focuses on state and local government law, the law of the political process, and government ethics. He served as Chair of the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board (2014-2020); was a member of New York’s Moreland Act Commission to Investigate Public Corruption; is the Reporter for the American Law Institute’s project on Principles of Government Ethics; and was the Reporter of the Drafting Committee on Public Meetings During Emergencies of the Uniform Laws Commission. He was a member of or consultant to several New York City and State commissions, including the State Commission on Local Government Efficiency & Competitiveness, the Temporary Commission on Constitutional Revision, the Real Property Tax Reform Commission, and the New York City Charter Revision Commission. Before joining the Columbia faculty, he was assistant counsel to Governor Hugh Carey of New York. He is co-author of the texts State and Local Government Law and The New Preemption Reader, and author of _Balancing Acts: The Reality Behind State Balanced Budget Requirements _as well as more than ninety law review articles.