Carlos A. Ball (born 1964) is an American law professor and author. He is a distinguished professor of law at Rutgers Law School. Ball is the author of several books on the subjects of LGBT rights, the First Amendment, and Constitutional law. Education Ball completed a bachelor of arts in political science and history, summa cum laude, at Tufts University in 1986. He was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1990 and a LL.M. from University of Cambridge in 1995. Career Ball was a clerk for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1990 to 1991. He worked for the Legal Aid Society as a criminal defense attorney from 1991 to 1993. Ball was served as legal council for HIV and Tuberculosis policy for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from 1993 to 1994. He taught at University of Illinois College of Law and Penn State Law where he was a professor of law and the Weiss Family Distinguished Faculty Scholar. In 2008, Ball joined the faculty at Rutgers Law School as a professor of law and Judge Frederick Lacey Scholar. In July 2013, he became a distinguished professor of law at Rutgers. His work focuses on LGBT rights issues. He teaches courses on sexuality and gender identity law, the First Amendment, and Constitutional law. Personal life Ball has a son and a daughter with his husband . Selected works Books References Living people 1964 births Rutgers School of Law–Newark faculty Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences alumni Columbia Law School alumni Alumni of the University of Cambridge Pennsylvania State University faculty University of Illinois faculty American LGBT writers LGBT academics LGBT lawyers 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American lawyers 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century LGBT people