David Dante Troutt, JD

David Dante Troutt is the founding director of the Rutgers Center on Law, Inequality and Metropolitan Equity (CLiME) and teaches and writes about race, class and legal structure; intellectual property; torts and critical legal theory. He is an author of non-fiction and fiction books, scholarly articles and legal and political commentary, and a sought-after public speaker.

David Dante Troutt is professor of law (Justice John J. Francis Scholar ) and the founding director of the Rutgers Center on Law, Inequality, and Metropolitan Equity (CLiME). He teaches and writes in four areas of primary interest: the metropolitan dimensions of race, class and legal structure; intellectual property; Torts; and critical legal theory.

Professor Troutt is a frequent public speaker and contributor to a variety of national periodicals, including Politico, Huffington Post, Reuters, and The Crisis. He received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University and his juris doctor from Harvard Law School.