Michael W. McConnell
Michael W. McConnell
- Richard and Frances Mallery Professor of Law
- Director, Constitutional Law Center
- Room N325, Neukom Building
Expertise
- Administrative Law
- Civil Liberties
- Complex Litigation
- Constitutional History
- Constitutional Law
- Federal Courts & Federal Jurisdiction
- Federalism
- First Amendment
- Judgment & Decision Making
- Justiciability: Standing
- Legal History
- Legal Theory
- Local & State Government
- Mootness
- Political Questions
- Regulatory Policy
- Ripeness
- Separation of Powers
- Supreme Court
- Takings
Biography
Michael W. McConnell is the Richard and Frances Mallery Professor and Director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. From 2002 to the summer of 2009, he served as a Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. McConnell has held chaired professorships at the University of Chicago and the University of Utah, and visiting professorships at Harvard and NYU. He has published widely in the fields of constitutional law and theory, especially church and state, equal protection, and the founding. In the past decade, his work has been cited in opinions of the Supreme Court second most often of any legal scholar. He is co-editor of three books: Religion and the Law, Christian Perspectives on Legal Thought, and The Constitution of the United States. McConnell has argued fifteen cases in the Supreme Court. He served as law clerk to Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. and is Of Counsel to the appellate practice of Kirkland & Ellis.
Education
- BA Michigan State University 1976
- JD Order of the Coif University of Chicago Law School 1979
Related Organizations
Courses
Faculty on Point | Prof. Michael McConnell on Executive Power and the Status of Immigrants
Faculty On Point | Prof. Michael McConnell on Religious Liberty and the Constitution
News
Video: Hamilton’s Vision Of Federalism, National Authority, And Judicial Review
Constitution Daily
America’s leading federal judges and scholars discuss the constitutional vision of the rap star of the moment, Alexander Hamilton, exploring his views on the scope of presidential, congressional, and judicial power in America. This program features three back-to-back conversations and was presented in partnership with the Federal Judicial Center. Panel…
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