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John Jay Osborn, Jr.

John Jay Osborn, Jr., was educated at Harvard College and its law school and clerked on the Federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals. He is the distinguished scholar in residence and professor of law at the University of San Francisco School of Law.

Mr. Osborn is the author of the novels The Paper Chase, The Associates and The Man Who Owned New York, among other books. He has written articles, stories, book reviews and essays that have appeared in the NYU Law Review, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, among many other publications. He has also written television scripts for 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Warner Bros., Viacom/Showtime and many other entertainment companies.

The Paper Chase, written while he was still in law school, was made into a hit movie and iconic TV series starring John Houseman as Professor Kingsfield.