Access Restricted to Northwestern Law CommunityRobert Bennett
Nathaniel L. Nathanson Professor of Law
Phone: (312) 503-8430
E-mail: r-bennett@law.northwestern.edu
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Phone: (312) 503-8430
E-mail: r-bennett@law.northwestern.edu
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Robert Bennett, former dean of the School of Law, is a scholar in the field of constitutional law and a professional arbitrator. He served as President of the American Bar Foundation and of the Chicago Council of Lawyers. He as been a Visiting Professor and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Southern California, the University of Virginia, the University of Illinois, the European University Institute in Florence Italy, and Brooklyn Law School.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Constitutional Law
- Legislation
- American Democracy
- Contracts
COURSES
PUBLICATIONS
Recent Publications
- Decoding the Electoral College: The History and Controversy of Selecting the President, Voting in America: How America Votes: Law, Process, and Voter Participation, Volume 1, 2008
- Continuing the Conversation on Faithless Electors, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW REVIEW PENNUMBRA , 2007
- Selecting the President: A Bad Idea Out There in California, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW COLLOQUY , 2007
- Compulsion: Death as Different , Screening Justice—The Cinema of Law: Significant Films of Law, Order, and Social Justice, 2006
- Electoral College Reform Ain’t Easy , NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW COLLOQUY , 2006
EDUCATION
- BA summa cum laude, Harvard University
- LLB cum laude, Harvard University
PRIOR APPOINTMENTS
- Dean, 1985-95, Associate Professor of Law, 1971-74; Assistant Professor of Law, 1969-71, Northwestern University School of Law
- Attorney, Mayer, Brown & Platt, 1968-69
- OEO Reginald Heber Smith Fellow, assigned to the Chicago Legal Aid Bureau, 1967-68
- Legal Assistant to Hon. Nicholas Johnson, Federal Communications Commission, 1966-67
