Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's article “State and Local Taxation of Intangibles Generates Increasing Controversy” (80 Journal of Taxation 296 (1994)) was cited by the Oregon Supreme Court regarding the taxation of intangible property in Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Department of Revenue (July 24, 2025).
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq recently presented data on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement for United Kingdom trade negotiators and academics at the University of Oxford.
Assistant Professor John B. Meixner Jr. presented “Equality in Sentencing Mitigation” (forthcoming in the Fordham Law Review) as part of the Harvard/Yale/Stanford Junior Faculty Forum at Harvard Law School.
Associate Dean for Faculty Development & Cleveland Distinguished Chair Nathan S. Chapman’s articles "Due Process Abroad" (112 Northwestern University Law Review 377 (2017)) and "Due Process as Separation of Powers" (121 Yale Law Journal 1672 (2012) (with M.W. McConnell)) were cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in Fuid v. Palestine Liberation Organization.
Clinical Assistant Professor Rob McNiff published “Being There: Perils of Disembodied Mediation” in 25 Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal 170 (2025).