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==Life==
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Richard Bernstein was the oldest son of Fred Bernstein (1922–2001) and Marilyn Bernstein (née Berman, 1927–2016); his siblings are the artist Linda A. Bernstein (1958–2004) and the engineer, technology specialist, musician, and expert on [[BMW]] Steven J. Bernstein (born 1962). He was educated in the New York City public schools, graduating from [[Stuyvesant High School]] in 1973. He attended [[Amherst College]], where he was graduated with a B.A. ''magna cum laude'' in 1977 in American Studies.
After three years practicing law, Bernstein left the legal profession to return to the study of history, doing graduate work at [[New York University]]. From 1983 he has been a member of the New York University Legal History Colloquium, and he has been active in the writing of legal and constitutional history and in activities to promote the historical profession.
From 1984 to 1987 he was research curator for the Constitution Bicentennial Project of The [[New York Public Library]], working with Kym S. Rice under the supervision of [[Richard B. Morris]], Gouverneur Morris Professor of History Emeritus at [[Columbia University]]. Among the products of this project was Bernstein's first book, ''Are We to Be a Nation? The Making of the Constitution'', published by [[Harvard University Press]]. From 1987 to 1990 Bernstein was historian on the staff of the New York City Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, and from 1989 to 1990 he was research director of the New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution.
In the spring of 1988 Bernstein was a visiting part-time lecturer in history at the [[Newark, New Jersey]] campus of [[Rutgers University]]. In 1991, he was named an adjunct assistant professor of law at [[New York Law School]], where he has taught courses on American legal history and law and literature through 2014.
From 1997 to 2004 Bernstein was co-editor of book reviews for H-LAW, the listserv co-sponsored by H-NET (Humanities and Social Sciences Network On-Line) and the American Society for Legal History.
In the fall semester of 2011, Bernstein joined the Skadden, Arps Honors Program in Legal Studies at the [[City College of New York]] as an adjunct professor of political science. In the fall semester, he taught American Constitutional Development; in the spring semester of 2012 he taught Early American Political Development. In the fall semester of 2012 he again taught Early American Political Development and a section of the one-semester survey course on American history; in the spring semester of 2013 he taught two sections of the survey course, and a political science course on the American judiciary. His repertoire of courses now includes courses on the American judiciary, the U.S. Congress, and the American presidency; American Political Thought; African American Political Thought; and Early American Political Development. Beginning in the fall 2015 semester, he was named a full-time lecturer in law and political science teaching classes like "The Presidency".
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*''Abraham Lincoln: Writings and Reflections'' (introduction/selection/editing/headnotes) (London: Sirius/Arcturus Publishing, 2019).
*''The Education of John Adams'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 4 July 2020).
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