{{short description|American lawyer}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Roger Fairfax | office = Dean of the Howard University School of Law | term_start = July 1, 2024 | term_end = | predecessor = Lisa Crooms-Robinson | successor = | birth_name = Roger Anthony Fairfax Jr. | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Lisa Fairfax | children = 3 | relatives = Justin Fairfax (brother) | education = Harvard University (BA, JD)<br>University of London (MA) | signature = Roger Fairfax signature.png }} '''Roger Anthony Fairfax Jr.''' is an American legal scholar who has been the dean of the Howard University School of Law since 2024.
== Education == Roger Fairfax Jr. attended Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C.<ref name="Board of Directors">{{Cite web |title=Board of Directors |url=https://www.archbishopcarroll.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=296454&type=d&pREC_ID=715175 |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=www.archbishopcarroll.org |language=en}}</ref> He then attended Harvard College before completing a master's degree from the University of London.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Green |first1=Erica L. |date=March 20, 2022 |title=Ketanji Brown Jackson Fought Injustices While at Harvard |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/20/us/politics/ketanji-brown-jackson-harvard.html |access-date=March 23, 2022 |work=The New York Times |quote=Roger A. Fairfax, who was two years behind her [ Ketanji Brown Jackson ]..."}}</ref><ref name="washcolllawprofile">{{cite news |title=Roger A. Fairfax, Jr. Dean and Professor of Law |url=https://www.wcl.american.edu/community/faculty/profile/fairfax/bio |access-date=March 22, 2022 |publisher=Washington College of Law}}</ref> While a student at Harvard Law School, Fairfax edited the ''Harvard Law Review''. He was a law clerk for Patti B. Saris and later Judith W. Rogers.<ref name="uhmanoa">{{cite news |title=Roger A. Fairfax, Jr. |url=https://www.law.hawaii.edu/person/roger-fairfax-jr |access-date=March 22, 2022 |publisher=William S. Richardson School of Law}}</ref>
==Family== Roger Fairfax Jr. is the eldest son of Roger Sr. and Charlene Fairfax.<ref name="secnomstatement">{{Cite web |title=United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |url=https://www.banking.senate.gov/download/2016/03/15/fairfax-statement-edit-3-15-16pdf-1 |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=www.banking.senate.gov |language=en}}</ref> Fairfax Jr.'s youngest brother, Justin Fairfax,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Patrick |title=How outsider Justin Fairfax broke through the Democratic Party in bid for lieutenant governor |url=https://richmond.com/news/local/government-politics/how-outsider-justin-fairfax-broke-through-the-democratic-party-in-bid-for-lieutenant-governor/article_672c7f1d-718b-53e2-890c-0f266eb61aec.html |access-date=March 22, 2022 |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |date=March 18, 2017}}</ref> served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022. The Fairfax family can trace its ancestry to Simon Fairfax, a slave freed by Thomas Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schneider |first1=Gregory S. |title=Poised to make history, Justin Fairfax got a powerful reminder of his own heritage |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/poised-to-make-history-justin-fairfax-got-a-powerful-reminder-of-his-own-heritage/2018/01/27/825fe454-0217-11e8-8acf-ad2991367d9d_story.html |access-date=March 22, 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=January 27, 2018}} Republished as: {{cite news |last1=Schneider |first1=Gregory S. |title=Fairfax cherises paper that emancipated his ancestor |url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/richmond-times-dispatch/20180206/282256665946058 |access-date=March 22, 2022 |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |date=February 8, 2018}}</ref>
Roger Fairfax Jr. and his wife Lisa Fairfax raised three children.<ref name="secnomstatement"/><ref name="wsjackerman">{{Cite news |last=Ackerman |first=Andrew |date=2016-03-14 |title=SEC Nominee Lisa Fairfax Is Diversity Advocate and Law Professor |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/sec-nominee-lisa-fairfax-is-diversity-advocate-and-law-professor-1457979228 |access-date=2022-03-21 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>
==Career== Fairfax is an elected member of the American Law Institute.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dean Roger A. Fairfax, Jr. |url=https://www.ali.org/members/member/349512/ |access-date=March 22, 2022 |publisher=American Law Institute}}</ref> Fairfax was a federal prosecutor and worked for O'Melveny & Myers before joining the George Washington University Law School faculty, where he served as Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law until 2021,<ref>{{cite news |title=Professor Fairfax Named Dean of American University Washington College of Law |url=https://www.law.gwu.edu/professor-fairfax-named-dean-american-university-washington-college-law |access-date=March 22, 2022 |publisher=George Washington University Law School |date=April 21, 2021}}</ref> when he was appointed dean of the Washington College of Law at American University.<ref>{{cite news |title=Roger A. Fairfax Jr. Named Dean of Washington College of Law |url=https://www.ali.org/news/articles/roger-fairfax-jr-named-dean-washington-college-law/ |access-date=March 22, 2022 |publisher=American Law Institute |date=April 22, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=American University Names Roger A. Fairfax, Jr. as Dean of Washington College of Law |url=https://www.wcl.american.edu/news-events/news/american-university-names-roger-a-fairfax-jr-as-dean-of-washington-college-of-law/ |access-date=March 22, 2022 |publisher=Washington College of Law |date=April 6, 2021}}</ref> In 2024, Fairfax became dean of the Howard University School of Law.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Appointment: Dean of Howard University School of Law |url=https://president.howard.edu/from-the-president/viewpoints/new-appointment-dean-howard-university-school-law |access-date=November 26, 2024 |publisher=Howard University |date=December 15, 2023}}</ref> Fairfax is also the chair of Archbishop Carroll High School's board of directors.<ref name="Board of Directors"/>
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