Howard F. Chang graduated cum laude from Harvard College in 1982 with an AB degree in government.
He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School with a JD degree in 1987.
Chang was a law clerk for Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1988 to 1989.
Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Chang was a professor at the University of Southern California Law School.
Chang served on the board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California from 1995 to 1998 and on the board of directors of the American Law and Economics Association from 2004 to 2007.