Kermit "Kim" Roosevelt III (born July 14, 1971 in Washington, D.C.) is a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a novelist, the author of the D.C. legal thriller In the Shadow of the Law (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005). He is the grandson of Kermit Roosevelt, Jr., the great-grandson of Kermit Roosevelt and the great-great-grandson of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. He is a graduate of St. Albans School, Harvard University and Yale Law School. After clerking for Judge Stephen F. Williams of the D.C. Circuit, as well as U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, he worked as a lawyer with Mayer, Brown & Platt in Chicago before joining the UPenn Law faculty in 2002. July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Flag Seal Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location Location of Washington, D.C., with regard to the surrounding states of Maryland and Virginia. ... The University of Pennsylvania Law School officially traces its origins to a series of lectures delivered in 1790 by U.S. Supreme Court Justice James Wilson and former major architect of the Constitution, who had been named Professor of Law that year. ... Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe; title page of 1719 newspaper edition A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... Farrar, Straus and Giroux is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger W. Straus, Jr. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kermit Roosevelt Kermit Kim Roosevelt, Jr. ... Kermit Roosevelt, explorer, author and soldier, accompanied his father on expeditions to Africa and the Amazon Kermit Roosevelt I (October 10, 1889–June 4, 1943) was a son of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. ... The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ... For other schools with a similar name, see St. ... Harvard University campus (old map) Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Yale Law School, established in 1843 in New Haven, Connecticut, is a division of Yale University. ... The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the judicial branch of the United States federal government. ... David Hackett Souter (born September 17, 1939) has been an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1990. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ...

Roosevelt's areas of academic interest include conflicts of law and constitutional law.

Some of his recent scholarly publications include Guantanamo and the Conflict of Laws: Rasul and Beyond (2005), published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and Resolving Renvoi: the Bewitchment of Our Intelligence by Means of Language, Notre Dame Law Review (2005).

External links

• University of Pennsylvania Faculty Webpage
• Recent publications
• Bookbrowse provides jacket information, media reviews and excerpt from In the Shadow of the Law