Kyle Rozema
Professor of Law
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Assistant
Lisa Weiner
Assistant Phone
(312) 503-8340
Assistant Email
lisa.weiner@law.northwestern.edu
Biography
Professor Rozema is interested in understanding all aspects of the legal profession and legal institutions. Much of his research focuses on studying how society should structure and regulate the legal profession, courts, and law schools. Other parts of his research explore more descriptive aspects of the profession, including documenting diversity along several dimensions. A common thread of his research is collecting novel data and developing empirical methods to provide new facts and insights to help create a better legal system.
Areas of Expertise
- Law and Economics
- Legal Profession
- Professional Responsibility
- Quantitative Methods
- Tax Law
- Torts
Selected Publications
- Does Discipline Decrease Police Misconduct? Evidence from Chicago Civilian Allegations, 15 American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 80 (2023) (Co-authored by: 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) (Co-authored by: Max Schanzenbach).
- Political Ideology and Judicial Administration: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 22-20, __ Journal of Law--Economics & Organization __ (2023) (Co-authored by: Adam Chilton, Christopher Anthony Cotropia & David L. Schwartz).
- Price Isn't Everything: Behavioral Response around Changes in Sin Taxes, 76 National Tax Journal 3 (2023) (Co-authored by: Alex Rees-Jones).
Education
- PhD, Economics, Cornell University
- JD, Washington University
- BSE, Mechanical Engineering, Grand Valley State University
Prior Appointments
- Co-Director of the JD/PhD Program and Academic Placement, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
- 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