About Samuel L. Bray

Samuel L. Bray is a Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. He writes about and teaches remedies, equity, civil procedure, and constitutional law. In addition, Bray is a McDonald Senior Distinguished Fellow at Emory University's Center for the Study of Law and Religion. Before joining the University of Chicago faculty, Bray was a member of the Notre Dame Law School faculty (2018-2025) and the UCLA Law School faculty (2011-2018).

Bray specializes in the law of remedies and the law of equity, and he has published numerous articles, chapters in edited volumes, and books. His articles include “Necessary AND Proper” and “Cruel AND Unusual”: Hendiadys in the Constitution, 102 Va. L. Rev. 687-764 (2016); Multiple Chancellors: Reforming the National Injunction, 131 Harv. L. Rev. 417-482 (2017); and The Purpose of the Preliminary Injunction, 78 Vand. L. Rev. 809 (2025). He is the author (with coauthors) of casebooks on constitutional law and remedies. And he has testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, and the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States.

Bray is an elected member of the American Law Institute and a member of the District of Columbia Bar. He earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, where he graduated with honors and was book review editor for the University of Chicago Law Review.