Jess Bravin

About

Contact me in confidence via Signal (646-594-1046). * * * Jess Bravin covers the U.S. Supreme Court for The Wall Street Journal, after earlier postings as United Nations correspondent and editor of the WSJ/California weekly. Mr. Bravin is the author of "The Terror Courts," an award-winning account of military trials at Guantanamo Bay, and "Squeaky: The Life and Times of Lynette Alice Fromme," and a contributor to books including "Violence in America: An Encyclopedia," "Crimes of War 2.0" and "A Concise Introduction to Logic," 2nd Ed. Prior to joining The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Bravin contributed to publications including the Washington Post, Harper’s Bazaar and Spy magazine, evaluated scripts for a Hollywood talent agency and managed a campaign for local school board. While in law school, he served as a member of the University of California Board of Regents and the Berkeley, Calif., Police Review Commission. More importantly, Mr. Bravin led the effort to designate Raymond Chandler Square (Los Angeles City Historic-Cultural Monument No. 597) in Hollywood, in honor of the hard-boiled novelist. Mr. Bravin has taught at the University of California Washington Center, been a John Jacobs Fellow at UC Berkeley and delivered the John Field Simms Sr. Memorial Lecture in Law at the University of New Mexico School of Law. He is a graduate of Harvard College and holds a law degree from UC Berkeley.