What year did Barack Obama earn his law degree?

Answer 1

During the early to mid-1990s, in addition to being a professor of law Recently, Hillary Clinton's campaign has picked up on this charge. In a March 27 conference call with reporters, Clinton spokesman Phil Singer claimed:

Singer (March 27): Sen. Obama has often referred to himself as "a constitutional law professor" out on the campaign trail. He never held any such title. And I think anyone, if you ask anyone in academia the distinction between a professor who has tenure and an instructor that does not, you'll find that there is … you'll get quite an emotional response)

Mr. Obama was also a practicing attorney. He graduated with his law degree in 1991 and was hired by a small Chicago law firm which specialized in civil rights law. Back in 2009, another contributor to this site looked him up and found that Mr. Obama did in fact have membership in the bar throughout the 1990s, and was listed in the Martindale's Lawyers Directory. Since then, the president allowed his law license to lapse, since he wanted to focus on politics, but it is documented that he took on cases and practiced law in Chicago.

Answer 2

Obama graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991. He entered the school in 1988 and made national media attention for being the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review. Following completion of his law degree he taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law school for 12 years before he began his political career.

Answer 3

He studied at Harvard Law School from 1989 to 1991, and graduated with academic honors. After he graduated, he was hired as a lawyer for a small law firm in Chicago, specializing in civil rights cases.

Answer 4

He attended from 1988 until his graduation in 1991.

Answer 5

He graduated from Harvard Law School, with academic honors, in 1991.

Answer 6

1991 was when he was awarded his law degree from Harvard.

Answer 7

1991