 He later traveled to Germany as an exchange student himself and speaks German.Leebron earned a Bachelors, summa cum laude, in History and Science from Harvard College in 1976, and his JD, "magna cum laude", from Harvard Law School in 1979, where he was president of the "Harvard Law Review", notably working with the future Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.After graduating from Harvard Law, Leebron clerked for Judge Shirley Hufstedler in Los Angeles at the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.