Steven G. Calabresi

Calabresi, Steven G.

Class of 1940 Professor of Law

Phone: (312) 503-7012
E-mail: s-calabresi@law.northwestern.edu

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Steven G. Calabresi co-founded The Federalist Society and serves as the Chairman of the Society’s Board of Directors. He served in the Reagan and first Bush Administrations from 1985 to 1990 and advised Attorney General Edwin Meese III, Ronald Reagan’s Domestic Policy Chief, T. Kenneth Cribb, and he wrote speeches for former Vice President Dan Quayle. Since joining the Northwestern faculty in 1990, Calabresi has published more than 30 articles and comments in law reviews. He is the George C. Dix Professor of Constitutional Law for 1998-2000 and for 2004-2007.

Areas of Expertise

  • Federal Courts
  • Comparative Law
  • Constitutional Law

Courses

Selected Publications

Education

  • BA cum laude, Yale University
  • JD, Yale University

Prior Appointments

  • Professor of Law, Northwestern School of Law
  • Scholar in residence, Harvard Law School
  • Benjamin Mazur Summer Research Professor, 1998
  • Associate Professor of Law, 1993-1996, Northwestern School of Law
  • Assistant Professor of Law, 1990-1993, Northwestern School of Law
  • Speechwriter to Vice President Dan Quayle, 1990, White House
  • Research Associate, 1988-1990, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
  • Law Clerk, 1987-1988, Hon. Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court

Recent Consulting Activities

  • Chairman, Board of Directors of the Federalist Society
  • Editor, American Journal of Comparative Law
  • Member, Oquosoc Angling Association