 Berman earned his A.B., summa cum laude, from Princeton University in 1988 and his J.D.in 1995 from New York University School of Law where he served as Managing Editor of the "NYU Law Review" and received the University Graduation Prize for the graduating law student with the highest cumulative grade point average.From 2013 to 2016, Berman served as George Washington University's Vice Provost for Online Education and Academic Innovation.