Howard Shelanski Biography

Howard A. Shelanski

Howard Shelanski is Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley where he is also Associate Dean and a co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. His research focuses on antitrust policy and regulation.

From 1999-2000 Shelanski served as Chief Economist of the Federal Communications Commission and in 1998-1999 he was a Senior Economist to the President's Council of Economic Advisers at the White House.

Before teaching at Berkeley, Shelanski practiced law in Washington, D.C. and served as a law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia of the United States Supreme Court. He earned his Ph.D. and J.D. from U.C. Berkeley and his B.A. from Haverford College.