In 1985, he graduated from the Georgetown Preparatory School.[10] He received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1988.[1][7] While a student at Columbia University, he wrote columns for the Columbia Daily Spectator student newspaper[11] and was a fan of the Columbia University Marching Band.[12] In 1986, he co-founded the alternative Columbia student newspaper, The Fed.[13] He earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1991,[1][7] where he received a Truman Scholarship.[14] He received a Doctor of Philosophy in Law from University College at Oxford University in 2004,[1][7] where he received a Marshall Scholarship.[