[2][3][4] Weisberg was educated at the Bronx High School of Science, and received his B.A.
[6][7] Weisberg left to attend Stanford Law School, where he received a J.D.
[8] He then served as a law clerk for Judge J. Skelly Wright of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, followed by Justice Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court during the 1980 Term.
[7] In 1981, he joined the faculty at Stanford Law School, where he has won numerous teaching awards, served as special assistant to the provost for faculty recruitment and retention,[9] and co-directs the Stanford Criminal Justice Center.
[10][11][12] Weisberg's book, Literary Criticisms of Law,[13] was published in 2000,[14][15] and he is widely quoted in the press on criminal law and criminal procedure.