Faculty Publications
SSRN Working Paper Series
Northwestern Pritzker Law Faculty Publications
Recent Publications
Books
Elgar Companion to Female Chief Justices in Comparative Perspective (Erin F. Delaney & Rosalind Dixon eds., 2026 ).
Meredith Geller & Lisa Mazzie, Writing for Law Practice: What They Didn't Teach You First Year (forthcoming 2026 ).
Daniel B. Rodriguez, Frontier Regulation: Novel Strategies for New Wicked Problems (forthcoming 2026 ).
Articles
Dhruv Aggarwal, Albert H. Choi & Geeyoung Min, Merger Remedies Unbound, 2026 Wisconsin Law Review 435.
Dhruv Aggarwal & Ofer Eldar, Disproportionate Influence: Rethinking Control in American Corporate Governance, 120 Northwestern University Law Review 1573 (2026).
Jordan Birnholtz & Matthew B. Kugler, True Threats, Public Safety, and Free Speech: An Empirical Analysis of Counterman's Consequences, 116 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 361 (2026).
Andrew D. Bradt, Zachary D. Clopton & D. Theodore Rave, MDL Strikes Back, 110 Cornell Law Review 1855 (2026).
Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg & Tali Gal, Care and Control in Collaborative Courts: Ethnographic Insights into Therapeutic Justice, 112 Virginia Law Review 537 (2026).
Stephanie Holmes Didwania, Quantity and Culpability in Federal Drug Sentencing, 38 Federal Sentencing Reporter 142 (2026).
Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Deepfakes and Private International Law, 49 Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts 803 (2026).
Peter Dixon & Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg, The Multi-Hatted Court: Community Courts as Boundary Organizations, 120 Northwestern University Law Review 1259 (2026).
Myriam E. Gilles, The Quiet Revival of the Effective Vindication of Rights Doctrine, 94 Fordham Law Review 2035 (2026).
Myriam E. Gilles, Arbitration Exceptionalism, 112 Virginia Law Review 409 (2026).
Jill R. Horwitz, Neil S. Wenger, David P. Powell, Jose J. Escarce, Lee A. Jennings, Li-Jung Liang, Punam Parikh & David S. Zingmond, Tort Immunity and Nursing Home Staffing, 7 JAMA Health Forum e261534 (2026).
Aziz Z. Huq & Zachary D. Clopton, Agnostic Federalism, 104 Texas Law Review 1235 (2026).
Monica Llorente, A Tribute to Len and the Len Way, 21 Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy 345 (2026).
Shobha Mahadev, On Belonging: A Tribute to Professor Len Rubinowitz, 21 Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy 342 (2026).
Deborah Tuerkheimer, Survivors' Justice, 112 Virginia Law Review 495 (2026).
Cynthia Wilson, Teacher, Mentor, Scholar, Friend: A Tribute to Professor Len Rubinowitz, 21 Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy 338 (2026).
Accepted Articles
Dhruv Aggarwal, Corporate Criminal Liability and Firm Value, __ Journal of Law, Economics & Organization __ , Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-21, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 26-06 (forthcoming 2026).
Ty Alper, Praveen Kosuri, Beth Lyon, Alicia Plerhoples, Laura Riley & Robin Walker Sterling, Holding the Line on Academic Freedom in Law School Clinics, __ Journal of Legal Education __ , Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-14, U Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 26-11 (forthcoming 2026).
Stephanie Holmes Didwania & Matthew B. Kugler, Fairness and Excess in Asset Forfeiture, 104 Washington University Law Review __ , Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-22, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 26-07 (forthcoming 2026).
Sadia Farzana, Ali Moghtaderi, Ye Yuan, Qian Luo, Vinay Kini & Bernard Black, Patient Race/Ethnicity, Socio-economic Status and AMI Mortality: Between-Hospital versus Within-Hospital Differences, __ Medical Care __ , Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 25-21 (forthcoming 2026).
Myriam E. Gilles, The Procedural Underclass (review of Elizabeth Burch's The Pain Brokers), 125 Michigan Law Review __ (forthcoming 2027).
Myriam E. Gilles & Luke Norris, Procedure's Unmooring: How the Federal Rules Lost Their Way, 175 University of Pennsylvania Law Review __ (forthcoming 2026).
Paul A. Gowder, Never Send to Know on Whom the Boot Stomps; it Stomps on Thee, __ Alabama Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Law Review __ , Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-20 (forthcoming 2026).
Anika Jaitley, Daniel W. Linna Jr., Hon. Xavier Rodriguez, V.S. Subrahmanian & Siyu Tao, Artificial Intelligence in Federal Courts: A Random-Sample Survey of Judges, 27 Sedona Conference Journal __ (forthcoming 2026).
Orin S. Kerr & Matthew B. Kugler, Popular Conceptions of Fourth Amendment Curtilage, __ Michigan Law Review __ , Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-19 (forthcoming 2026).
Lynne Kiesling & Yoon-Ho Alex Lee, Epistemic Humility and Adaptive Regulation, __ Journal of Markets & Morality __ , Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 25-48, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 25-20 (forthcoming 2026).
Andrew Koppelman & Michael Judah, The New Establishment Clause Hallmarks Test: Sources and Distortions, __ Oregon Law Review __ , Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 25-41 (forthcoming 2026).
John O. McGinnis & Phil Pillari, Against Deferential Skidmore, 78 Administrative Law Review __ , Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-13 (forthcoming 2026).
Daniel B. Rodriguez, The New Economic Liberties, 121 Northwestern University Law Review __ , Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-15 (forthcoming 2026).
Contributions to Books
Rosalind Dixon & Erin F. Delaney, Introduction: Judicial Heroines? Comparative and Conceptual Reflections, in Elgar Companion to Female Chief Justices in Comparative Perspective 1 (Erin F. Delaney & Rosalind Dixon eds., 2026 ).
Steven A. Drizin, Convicting Innocent Children: "I said I did it but I didn't do it", in Champions of Innocence: Inside the Fight Against Wrongful Convictions (Saul Kassin ed., forthcoming 2026 ).
David Anderson Hooker & Sheila A. Bedi, Re-defining Justice and Creating Pathways for Healing: The Limits of the US Legal System and the Promise of Politicised Healing as a Model for Redressing Racialized Harm, in Overcoming Violence in Transdisciplinary Perspective: A Praxis Anthology of Peace 107 (Jeremy A. Rinker ed., 2026 ).
Andrew M. Koppelman, The Fearlessness Rationale for Free Speech, in The Elgar Companion to Freedom of Speech and Expression 36 (Ashutosh Bhagwat & Alan K. Chen eds., 2026 ).
Helene S. Shapo, George Gleason Bogert, George Taylor Bogert & Amy Morris Hess, Bogert's the Law of Trusts & Trustees §§ 141-230 (May 2026 Update ).
White Papers/Reports
Dan Linna et al., Proceedings of the 2025 Workshop on Law - Following AI, Lawfare (May, 2026 ).
Legal Documents
Norman I. Silber, Myriam E. Gilles & Jeff Sovern, Brief in Support of MDL Co-Lead Plaintiffs' Joint Motion for Injunctive or Declaratory Relief Related to Proposed National Round Up Settlement, In re Roundup Products Liability Litigation (N.D. Cal. Apr 16, 2026).
Op-Eds/Blog Posts/Popular Press
Dhruv Aggarwal, "Corporate Criminal Liability and Firm Value," Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (June 3, 2026).
Dhruv Aggarwal, "Self-Binding Corporations," CLS Blue Sky Law Blog (Apr. 15, 2026).
Steven Calabresi, "Remembering Gordon Wood," Volokh Conspiracy (June 10, 2026).
Steven Calabresi, "Keep the Blockade of Iran in Place," Volokh Conspiracy (June 7, 2026).
Steven Calabresi, "President Trump Doesn't Need Congressional Approval for His Actions as to Iran," Volokh Conspiracy (May 22, 2026).
Erin F. Delaney, "Litigation in the Shadows of Empires," JOTWELL (May 28, 2026). (reviewing Trevor T. W. Wan, Globetrotting Advocates: Foreign Barristers in Hong Kong Courts, 73 Am. J. Comp. L. 872 (2025)
Erin F. Delaney, "Comparisons are Odious," Constitutional Theory Monitor (May 25, 2026). (Symposium on the Notwithstanding Clause Appeals)
Andrew Koppelman, "The Latest Ruling on the Ten Commandments in Texas Threatens Religious Freedom," The Hill (May 13, 2026).
Steven Lubet, "Justice Alito Thinks Only Liberals Deserve Stinging Rebukes," The Hill (June 8, 2026).
Steven Lubet, "Justice Jackson Warns an Increasingly Partisan Supreme Court," The Hill (May 26, 2026).
Steven Lubet, "By Barrett's Own Definition, the Supreme Court Is Full of Partisan Hacks," The Hill (May 11, 2026).
Steven Lubet, "Trump's Top Two Voting Initiatives Could Disenfranchise Many Americans," The Hill (Apr. 27, 2026).
Steven Lubet, "Mehdi Hasan's Arguments Against Israel's Right to Exist Fall Flat," The Hill (Apr. 13, 2026).
Steven Lubet, "One of the Most Famous Trials in U.S. History Disproves Trump's Birthright Citizenship Case," Slate (Apr. 2, 2026).
Steven Lubet, "Hegseth's Disdain for Morality Distances the Pentagon from Universities," The Hill (Mar. 16, 2026).
John O. McGinnis, "Standing Downstream from Dobbs," Law & Liberty (June 11, 2026).
John O. McGinnis, "The Unbundling of Legal Education," Law & Liberty (May 28, 2026).
John O. McGinnis, "Land, Law, and Constitutional Overreach," Law & Liberty (May 14, 2026).
John O. McGinnis, "Taxing Ownership," Law & Liberty (Apr. 23, 2026).
John O. McGinnis, "Government by Settlement," Law & Liberty (Apr. 9, 2026).
John O. McGinnis, "The Declaration's Lost Moral World," Law & Liberty (Mar. 26, 2026).
Ajay K. Mehrotra, "The Principle-Policy Gap in American Tax Attitudes," Lawfare (Apr. 13, 2026).
Chika Okafor, "Sam Alito's Math on 'Colorblindness' Doesn't Check Out," Slate (May 22, 2026).
Annelise Riles, "Here's How We Can Defund the Bomb," Chicago Tribune (May 21, 2026).
Daniel B. Rodriguez, "MSOs, Law Firms, and Key Constitutional Questions," Daniel B. Rodriguez Substack (June 10, 2026).
Daniel B. Rodriguez, "Repairing Academic Humanities: The Blue Ribbon Committee's Remarkable Report," Daniel B. Rodriguez Substack (June 8, 2026).
Daniel B. Rodriguez, "State Constitutional Law has Fair Weather Friends," Daniel B. Rodriguez Substack (May 12, 2026).
Daniel B. Rodriguez, "Maybe Law School Accreditation Hot Water Has Been Brought on (at Least in Part) by the Law Schools Themselves?," Daniel B. Rodriguez Substack (May 11, 2026).
Daniel B. Rodriguez, "The Feds Are Coming After State Bar Authorities, and the Lawfulness of This Effort Is Unclear," Daniel B. Rodriguez Substack (Apr. 10, 2026).
Annie Shiel & Priyanka Motaparthy, "In the U.S. Strike on an Iranian School, What a Serious Military Investigation Should Look Like," Just Security (Mar. 30, 2026).