Professor Lee J. Strang joined the faculty in 2008, was granted tenure in 2010, and was named John W. Stoepler Professor of Law & Values in 2015. Before that, he was a visiting Professor at Michigan State University College of Law and an Associate Professor at Ave Maria School of Law. A graduate of the University of Iowa, where he was Articles Editor of the Iowa Law Review and Order of the Coif, Professor Strang also holds an LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School. During the fall, 2015, Professor Strang was a visiting scholar at the Georgetown Center for the Constitution. In 2016, he was appointed to the Ohio Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The University of Toledo awarded Professor Strang its Outstanding Faculty Research and Scholarship Award in 2017.
Prior to teaching, Professor Strang served as a judicial clerk for Chief Judge Alice M. Batchelder of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He was also an associate for Jenner & Block LLP in Chicago, where he practiced in general and appellate litigation.
A prolific scholar, Professor Strang has published in the fields of constitutional law and interpretation, property law, and religion and the First Amendment. His most recent article, How Big Data Increases Originalism's Methodological Rigor: Using Corpus Linguistics to Recover Original Language Conventions, was published in the U.C. Davis Law Review. Among other scholarly projects, he is currently editing the second edition of his unique, multi-volume, "modular" case book on constitutional law for Carolina Academic Press, drafting a book tentatively titled Originalism's Promise and Limits, and writing a book on the history of Catholic legal education.
Professor Strang is a frequent presenter at scholarly conferences. He is also a regular participant in debates at law schools across the country, contributor to the media, and speaker to political, civic, and religious groups.
Professor Strang’s course offerings include Constitutional Law, Ohio Constitutional Law, Constitutional Interpretation, Jurisprudence, Property Law, Administrative Law, Business Associations, Federal Courts, and Appellate Practice.
Marijuana and Federalism
California Western Student Chapter
Zoom Webinar -- California WesternVirtual
San Diego, CA 92101
Originalism in a Changing World
St. John's Student Chapter
Cisco WebEx -- St. John'sVirtual
N/A, NY 11439
Why Libertarian Originalism Gets it 70% Right and Conservative Originalism Gets it 100% Right
Long Island Lawyers Chapter
The Davenport Press Restaurant70 Main Street
Mineola, NY 11501
Originalism's Promise
North Dakota Student Chapter
Zoom Webinar -- University of North DakotaUniversity of North Dakota School of Law, 215 Centennial Drive Stop 9003
Grand Forks, ND 58201
Originalism's Promise: A Natural Law Account of the American Constitution
Faulkner Student Chapter
Zoom Webinar -- Faulkner5345 Atlanta Highway
Montgomery, AL 36109
Originalism's Promise: A Natural Law Account of the American Constitution
Drake Student Chapter
Drake Law School2507 University Ave
Des Moines, IA 50311
Common Good Originalism: A Path Forward
Michigan Student Chapter
Zoom Webinar -- University of MichiganVirtual
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Can Originalism Constrain the Imperial Presidency?
Federalist Society Review, Volume 21
A review of The Living Presidency: An Originalist Argument Against Its Ever-Expanding Powers, by Saikrishna...
The Declaration & Constitution: Original Public Meaning [No. 86]
Short video featuring Lee Strang
On September 17, 1787, thirty-nine of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed their names...
The Declaration & Constitution: The Legal Status of Founding Documents [No.86]
Short video featuring Lee Strang
As one of the founding documents of the United States, the Declaration of Independence contains...
The Declaration of Independence & the Constitution [NSS 2018]
Short video featuring Lee Strang
Can the Declaration of Independence be used to support unconventional theories of constitutional interpretation? Professor...
The Relationship Between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
2018 National Student Symposium
In 1776, the Continental Congress declared the birth of a new nation. Six of the...