Debra M. Strauss is a Professor of Business Law at Fairfield University’s Charles F. Dolan School of Business, where she teaches international law, business law, and applied ethics. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Cornell University and Yale Law School, she clerked for the Honorable Charles L. Brieant, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, before practicing commercial litigation at Rogers & Wells (now Clifford Chance LLP). Professor Strauss is the author of Behind the Bench: The Guide to Judicial Clerkships (West Academic Publishing, 3rd ed. 2023) — a leading practitioner and student resource on the courts — and previously served as the founding Director of Judicial Clerkship Counseling and Programs at Yale Law School. She authored the National Judicial Clerkship Study for the American Bar Association and the National Association for Law Placement, and is a founder and officer of the Connecticut Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. She serves as Co-Chair of the Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee of the FBA Judiciary Division.