Jess Bravin


Jess Bravin is currently the Wall Street Journal correspondent for the United States Supreme Court.

Background

Jess M. Bravin graduated from Harvard College, where he wrote from 1985 to 1987 for the Harvard Crimson. and then the University of California, Berkeley's School of Law. His roommate at Harvard was Peter Sagal, humorist, writer, and host of NPR game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!.

Career

Early in his career, Bravin was a reporter for the Los Angeles Times and contributed to including the Washington Post, Harper’s Bazaar, and Spy magazine. He also red scripts for a talent agency and managed a campaign for a local school board. While in law school, he served on the University of California Board of Regents and as a City Council appointee to the Berkeley, Calif., Police Review Commission and Zoning Adjustments Board.
Bravin joined the Wall Street Journal first as it California editor in San Francisco. He then became its national legal-affairs reporter. In 2005, he became Supreme Court correspondent for the Wall Street Journal.
He has taught at the University of California Washington Center.

Personal

Earlier, Mr. Bravin led the effort to designate Raymond Chandler Square in Hollywood, in honor of the hard-boiled novelist.

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