Prof. Barry Cushman

Barry Cushman came to Notre Dame in 2012 following fifteen years on the faculty at the University of Virginia, where he was the James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of History. Cushman's scholarship examines the relations among constitutional law, political economy, and social reform movements in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His book, Rethinking the New Deal Court: The Structure of a Constitutional Revolution (Oxford University Press), was awarded the American Historical Association's Littleton-Griswold Prize in American Law and Society. His article, “Court-Packing in Context,” was recognized with the Hughes-Gossett Award from the Supreme Court Historical Society. He has held research fellowships at New York University School of Law and in the Politics Department at Princeton University. In 2003, he was honored with the University of Virginia's All-University Teaching Award.

Before entering teaching, Cushman practiced as an estate planning and probate attorney with the Los Angeles firm of Riordan & McKinzie. He has served on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the American Society for Legal History, on the Board of Directors of the University of Virginia Press, on the Scholar Advisory Board for the National Constitution Center, and on the Indiana State Probate Commission. He currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Supreme Court History, on the boards of the Albemarle County Rotary Club and the Albemarle County Rotary Club Foundation, and as Deputy Grand Knight of the Father Justin Cunningham Council of the Knights of Columbus.