1980-1981 Philip B. Kurland, Professor of Law
The University of Chicago Law School

1981-1982 Soia Mentschikoff, Dean & Professor of Law
University of Miami School of Law

1982-1983 William Schwartz, Dean & Professor of Law
Boston University School of Law

1983-1984 John E. Cribbet, Chancellor & Professor of Law
University of Illinois

1984-1985 Prentice H. Marshall, U.S. District Judge
Northern District of Illinois

1985-1986 Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., Dean
Columbia University School of Law

1986-1987 Francis A. Allen, Professor of Law
University of Florida College of Law

1987-1988 Barbara A. Babcock, Professor of Law
Stanford University Law School

1988-1989 Judith C. Areen, Professor of Law
Georgetown University Law Center

1989-1990 Yale Kamisar, Professor of Law
The University of Michigan Law School

1990-1991 Fred Friendly, Professor of Journalism
Columbia University

1991-1992 Hans A. Linde, Senior Judge
Supreme Court of Oregon

1992-1993 Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.
Chief Judge Emeritus
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

1993-1994 Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
United States Supreme Court

1994-1995 Lea Brilmayer, Professor of Law
New York University

1995-1996 Richard Arnold, Chief Judge
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

1996-1997 Judge Abner J. Mikva
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

1997-1998 Theodore Sorenson
“The American Constitution: Basic Charter or First Draft?”

1998-1999 Bruce Ackerman, Professor of Law
Yale University

2000-2001 Ronald Dworkin, Professor of Law
New York University Law School

2001-2002 Martha L. Minow, Professor of Law
Harvard Law School

2002-2003 Patricia J. Williams, James L. Dohr Professor of Law,
Columbia University

2004-2005 Jeffrey Rosen, Associate Professor,
George Washington University Law School

2005-2006 Edward M. Kennedy
Senator

2006-2007 Honorable Guido Calabresi
U.S. Circuit Judge