Jess Bravin

Jess M. Bravin (born 1965) is an American journalist. Since 2005, he has been the Wall Street Journal correspondent for the United States Supreme Court.^{[1] [2]}

Bravin graduated with an AB in history from Harvard College in 1987,^[3] where he wrote for the Harvard Crimson .^[4] His roommate at Harvard was Peter Sagal, humorist, writer, and host of NPR game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! .^[5] In 1997, he earned his J.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.^{[1] [2]}

Early in his career, Bravin was a reporter for the Los Angeles Times and contributed to including the Washington Post , Harper’s Bazaar , and Spy magazine. He also read scripts for a talent agency and managed a campaign for a local school board. While in law school, he served on the University of California Board of Regents and as a City Council appointee to the Berkeley, Calif., Police Review Commission and Zoning Adjustments Board.^[1]

Bravin joined the Wall Street Journal first as it California editor in San Francisco. He then became its national legal-affairs reporter. In 2005, he became Supreme Court correspondent for the Wall Street Journal.^{[1] [2]}

He has taught at the University of California Washington Center.^[1]

Bravin led the effort to designate Raymond Chandler Square (Los Angeles City Historic-Cultural Monument No. 597) in Hollywood, in honor of the hard-boiled novelist.^[1]

• John Jacobs Fellowship at Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism and Institute of Governmental Studies
• John Field Simms Sr. Memorial Lectureship in Law at the University of New Mexico's School of Law
• Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize
• American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award
• National Press Foundation
• New York News Publishers Association
• New York Press Club

Books:

• Squeaky: The Life and Times of Lynette Alice Fromme (1997)^[6]
• The Terror Courts: Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay (2014)^[7]

Chapters: Bravin has contributed to:

• Violence in America: An Encyclopedia
• Crimes of War 2.0
• A Concise Introduction to Logic

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• Wall Street Journal (latest)

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• Jess Bravin at IMDb

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• American male journalists
• Harvard College alumni
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• Los Angeles Times people
• American journalist, 1960s birth stubs

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