Daniel B. Rodriguez
Harold Washington Professor of Law
Phone
(312) 503-1468
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Assistant
Francesca Bullerman
Assistant Phone
(312) 503-1570
Assistant Email
Francesca.Bullerman@law.northwestern.edu
Biography
Daniel B. Rodriguez, the Harold Washington Professor at the Law School, served as dean of the Law School from January 2012 through August 2018.
Professor Rodriguez is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and a council member of the American Law Institute. His principal academic work is in the areas of administrative law, local government law, statutory interpretation, federal and state constitutional law, and the law-business-technology interface.
Areas of Expertise
- Local Government
- Administrative Law
- Constitutional Law
- Statutory Interpretation
- Property Law
- Positive Political Theory
- Law & Technology
Courses
Selected Publications
- Good Governing: The Police Power in the American States (
2024 ). - Constitutional Stability and the Role of Countermajoritarian Rules (or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love our Antidemocratic Constitution), 19 ICL Journal - Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law 389 (2025) (Co-authored by: Barry R. Weingast).
- Rethinking "Our Bar Federalism", in Rethinking the Lawyers' Monopoly: Access to Justice and the Future of Legal Services 348 (David Freeman Engstrom & Nora Freeman Engstrom eds.,
2025 ) (Co-authored by: David Freeman Engstrom). - Whither the Neutral Agency? Rethinking Bias in Regulatory Administration, 69 Buffalo Law Review 375 (2021).
- Engineering the Modern Administrative State: Political Accommodation and Legal Strategy in the New Deal Era, 46 BYU Law Review 147 (2020) (Co-authored by: Barry R. Weingast).
- State Constitutional Failure, 2011 University of Illinois Law Review 1243.
Education
- JD cum laude, Harvard Law School
- BA, California State University-Long Beach
Prior Appointments
- Dean, 2012-2018, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
- Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law, 2007-2011, University of Texas-Austin School of Law
- Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, 2005-2007, University of San Diego School of Law
- Dean and Professor of Law, 1998-2005, University of San Diego School of Law
- Professor of Law, 1988-1998, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley