[3] After law school, he clerked for Chief Justice Earl Warren of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1960 Term.
[4] Following his clerkship, in 1961 Choper joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota Law School.
He is widely cited in the press as an expert on free speech and the constitution.
[14] In 2012, he was awarded the Bernard E. Witkin Medal by the California State Bar.
[17][18][19] He is married to Mari Smith Choper, and they have two sons, Edward and Mark and one grandson.