Charles Edward Clark (December 9, 1889 – December 13, 1963) was the 5th Dean of Yale Law School, a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and "the principal draftsman" of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Charles Edward Clark
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Born 1889 in Woodbridge, CT
Died 1963 in Hamden, CT
FJC ID: 439
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 24/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 242/year
Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1939–1963
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Visiting lecturer in law · 1951–1963- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1954–1959
- Yale Law SchoolSterling professor of law and dean · 1929–1939
Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of JusticeSpecial assistant attorney general · 1938- Hamden [Connecticut] Town CourtDeputy judge · 1927–1931
- Yale Law SchoolProfessor of law · 1919–1929
- Private practice, New Haven, Connecticut1913–1919
- ConnecticutState representative · 1917–1918
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitChief Judge1939–1963 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- LL.B. · 1913
- Yale CollegeB.A. · 1911