Laurence Tribe

Lawyerly Lairs: Professor Laurence Tribe’s $3.4 Million Mansion

The eminent constitutional scholar has a lovely, albeit eccentrically decorated, home.

The upholstery on the club chairs is busier than Professor Tribe’s office during clerkship season:

33 Fresh Pond Parkway 8

Should it come as any surprise that the author of more than a dozen books — including Uncertain Justice (with Joshua Matz), now out in paperback (affiliate link) — has a magnificent library? Note the shelves upon shelves of what our tipster aptly describes as “those stereotypical caselaw books that I think all lawyers of a certain age have” (except in Tribe’s case, the federal reporters are full of landmark cases he litigated):

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Professor Tribe is big on animal rights and also, apparently, on animal decor. See, e.g., the tie-dyed iguana on the coffee table and the moose elk print in the corner (click on any of these photos to enlarge):

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That’s a nice working fireplace (definitely not electric; look at all that soot). The animal theme continues, with the painting above the fireplace. I’m a little troubled by the cheap-looking TV in the corner; the new owner should go for a recessed solution.

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The library is beautiful, but I bet that Professor Tribe got more work done in this next room….

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