Xiao Wang
Director, Appellate Advocacy Center, Bluhm Legal Clinic
Clinical Assistant Professor of Law

Phone
312-503-1486
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Northwestern Appellate Advocacy Center
Assistant
Angelia Starks
Assistant Phone
(312) 503-1497
Assistant Email
angelia.starks1@law.northwestern.edu
Biography
Xiao Wang is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and the Director of the Appellate Advocacy Center. He supervises the Federal Appellate and Supreme Court Clinics, chairs the En Banc Institute, and founded the National Appellate Clinic Network, which was recognized by Bloomberg as a finalist in its inaugural Law School Innovation Program. Prior to joining Northwestern, Xiao was at Williams & Connolly and Wilkinson Walsh. Before law school, he worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company.
Areas of Expertise
- Federal Courts
- Constitutional Law
- Appellate Advocacy
Courses
Selected Publications
- The Old Hand Problem, 107 Minnesota Law Review 971 (2023).
- In Defense of (Circuit) Court-Packing, 119 Michigan Law Review Online 32 (2020).
- Increasingly Antidemocratic? An Empirical Examination of the Supreme Court Nomination and Confirmation Process, 11 California Law Review Online 242 (2020).
Education
- JD, Yale Law School
- MPP, University of Virginia
- BA, University of Virginia
Prior Appointments
- Associate, 2018-2021, Wilkinson Stekloff LLP
- Associate, 2016-2018, Williams & Connolly LLP
- Law Clerk, 2015-2016, Judge Lucy H. Koh, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- Law Clerk, 2014-2015, Judge Karen N. Moore, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit