Evan Bernick joined the NIU Law faculty in 2021. He teaches courses in constitutional law, criminal law, criminal procedure, administrative law and legislation.
From 2020 to 2021, Professor Bernick was a visiting professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and the executive director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution. Before that, he served as a clerk to Judge Diane S. Sykes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. From April 2017 to April 2019, he was a visiting lecturer at Georgetown and a resident fellow of the Center for the Constitution.
His scholarship covers a range of topics, from constitutional law, to philosophy of law, to social movements, to law enforcement. He has published with the Georgetown Law Journal, the Notre Dame Law Review, the William and Mary Law Review and the George Mason Law Review, among other journals. His book, The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment: Its Letter and Spirit (2021), with Randy E. Barnett, was published by Harvard University Press under its Belknap imprint "for books of long-lasting importance, superior in scholarship and physical production, chosen whether or not they might be profitable."
Professor Bernick received his bachelor's degree in 2008 from the University of Chicago, where he studied philosophy and graduated with honors. He received his juris doctorate in 2011 from the University of Chicago Law School.
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Session 3: Birthright Citizenship: An Originalist Debate
2025 Third Circuit Chapters Conference
The Liberty View599 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Canons Against Conquest
Illinois Student Chapter
University of Illinois College of Law504 East Pennsylvania Avenue
Champaign, IL 61820
"An Independent State Legislature?" A Fireside Chat on Moore v. Harper
Cincinnati Student Chapter
University of Cincinnati College of Law Room 1402925 Campus Green Dr
Cincinnati, OH 45221
Panel 1 - Different Perspectives on The Fourteenth Amendment
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum212 N. Sixth Street
Springfield, IL 62701
The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment: Implications for Labor Law
The past few years have witnessed a flurry of new scholarship related to the original...
The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment: Implications for Labor Law
The past few years have witnessed a flurry of new scholarship related to the original...
Panel 1 - Different Perspectives on The Fourteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment, adopted in 1868, dramatically changed constitutional law. How are we to understand...
Panel 1 - Different Perspectives on The Fourteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment, adopted in 1868, dramatically changed constitutional law. How are we to understand...
Showcase Panel I: What is Originalism?
2019 National Lawyers Convention
On November 14, 2019, the Federalist Society hosted a showcase panel for the 2019 National...