Randy Kozel joined the Law School faculty in 2011. He was named the Distinguished Teacher of the Year by the Class of 2014. He also directs the Notre Dame Program on Constitutional Structure.
Kozel teaches and researches in fields including constitutional law, federal courts, information privacy, and contract law, with a particular focus on the role of precedent in legal decision making. His recent scholarship exploring the connection between precedent and interpretive philosophy has been published or is forthcoming in journals including the Northwestern University Law Review, the Michigan Law Review, the California Law Review, the Vanderbilt Law Review, and the Texas Law Review. His book, entitled Settled Versus Right: A Theory of Precedent, makes the case for using precedent to bridge interpretive disagreements.
Kozel received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was the Articles Committee Chair of the Harvard Law Review. He served as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and for Judge Alex Kozinski at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. He has also practiced as a litigator with a large law firm and as Special Counsel to the General Counsel at General Electric Company.
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Common Good Originalism
Wisconsin Student Chapter
Wisconsin Law School975 Bascom Mall
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Showcase Panel II: Whither Precedent?
2023 National Lawyers Convention
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20006
Precedent & Stare Decisis
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Zoom Webinar -- Ohio State55 West 12th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
Revitalizing Stare Decisis
Connecticut Student Chapter
Zoom Webinar -- University of ConnecticutVirtual
Hartford, CT 06103
Stare Decisis & Precedent
Connecticut Student Chapter
University of Connecticut School of Law55 Elizabeth St.
Hartford, CT 06105
Stare Decisis & Precedent
Connecticut Student Chapter
University of Connecticut School of Law55 Elizabeth St.
Hartford, CT 06105
Showcase Panel II: Whither Precedent?
2023 National Lawyers Convention
No one maintains that the Court has always and forever been originalist in its orientation....
Showcase Panel II: Whither Precedent?
2023 National Lawyers Convention
No one maintains that the Court has always and forever been originalist in its orientation....
Panel: Originalism and Stare Decisis
22nd Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference
On January 3-4, 2020, the Federalist Society hosted its 22nd annual Faculty Conference at the...
Panel: Originalism and Stare Decisis
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