Paula A. Monopoli is the Sol & Carlyn Hubert Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law. An elected member of the American Law Institute, Professor Monopoli received her B.A. from Yale College and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. In addition to Constitutional Orphan, Professor Monopoli is the author, editor and co-author of three previous books, American Probate, Law and Leadership, and Contemporary Trusts and Estates, as well as a number of articles including Gender and Constitutional Design in the Yale Law Journal. She has been a Visiting Scholar at the Moller Institute, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, and is an Academic Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.