Max Schanzenbach
Phone: (312) 503-4425
E-mail: m-schanzenbach@law.northwestern.edu
SSRN Author Page | Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Max Schanzenbach joined the Northwestern faculty in 2003 as an assistant professor of law. His primary areas of research interest are employment law, criminal sentencing, and trust law. He has published in such journals as the American Law and Economics Review, the Yale Law Journal, the Journal of Legal Studies, and the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Employment Law
- Business Associations
- Criminal Justice
- Estates and Trusts
COURSES
PUBLICATIONS
Representative Publications
- Prison Time, Fines, and Federal White-Collar Criminals: The Anatomy of a Racial Disparity, JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY, 2006
- Jurisdictional Competition for Trust Funds: An Empirical Analysis of Perpetuities and Taxes, 115 YALE LAW JOURNAL 356-437 (2005) (Co-authored by: Robert H. Sitkoff)
- Strategic Judging Under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: Positive Political Theory and Evidence, JOURNAL OF LAW, ECONOMICS, & ORGANIZATION, 2007
- Perpetuities or Taxes? Explaining the Rise of the Perpetual Trust, CARDOZO LAW REVIEW, 2006
Recent Publications
- Reviewing the Sentencing Guidelines: Judicial Politics, Empirical Evidence, and Reform , UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW REVIEW , 2008
- Did Reform of Prudent Trust Investment Laws Change Trust Portfolio Allocation? , JOURNAL OF LAW & ECONOMICS , 2007
- Did Reform of Prudent Trust Investment Laws Change Trust Portfolio Allocation?, February 2007
- Strategic Judging Under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: Positive Political Theory and Evidence , JOURNAL OF LAW, ECONOMICS, & ORGANIZATION , 2007
- Perpetuities or Taxes? Explaining the Rise of the Perpetual Trust, CARDOZO LAW REVIEW, 2006
EDUCATION
- BA, University of Oklahoma
- JD, Yale University
- PhD, Yale University
PRIOR APPOINTMENTS
- Law Clerk, Hon. Alan E. Norris of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2002-2003

