Ari Melber is an MSNBC journalist and host of the show The Beat with ARI Melber. He is a former Chief Legal Correspondent for MSNBC and NBC News, and has also served as a political analyst for both networks. Melber has written for The Nation, The Atlantic, and New York Magazine, and is a frequent guest on other news programs. He graduated from Cornell Law School and was a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.