Kyle Rozema
Professor of Law
Co-Director of the JD/PhD Program and Academic Placement
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Assistant
Jane Brock
Assistant Phone
(312) 503-8544
Assistant Email
janebrock@law.northwestern.edu
Biography
Professor Rozema's primary research interest is in trying to understand how we can build legal institutions that are more diverse, more equal, and more responsive to the needs of the public. A common thread of his research is collecting novel data to provide new facts and insights to help accomplish these goals.
Areas of Expertise
- Law and Economics
- Legal Profession
- Professional Responsibility
- Quantitative Methods
- Tax Law
- Torts
Courses
Selected Publications
- Does Discipline Decrease Police Misconduct? Evidence from Chicago Civilian Allegations, 15 American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 80 (2023) (with Max Schanzenbach).
- Does the Bar Exam Protect the Public?, 18 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 801 (2021).
- Good Cop, Bad Cop: Using Civilian Allegations to Predict Police Misconduct, 11 American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 225 (2019) (with Max Schanzenbach).
- Political Ideology and Judicial Administration: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic, , ___ Journal of Law, Economics & Organization ___ (forthcoming), Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 22-20 (2023) (with Adam Chilton, Christopher Anthony Cotropia, & Dave Schwartz).
- Price Isn't Everything: Behavioral Response around Changes in Sin Taxes, 76 National Tax Journal 3 (2023) (with Alex Rees-Jones).
Education
- PhD, Economics, Cornell University
- JD, Washington University
- BSE, Mechanical Engineering, Grand Valley State University
Prior Appointments
- Associate Professor, 2019-2023, Washington University School of Law
- Wachtell Lipton Fellow, 2017-2019, University of Chicago Law School
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2015-2017, Northwestern University School of Law