At Stanford Law School, O’Connell teaches Administrative Law, Advanced Administrative Law, and Constitutional Law. The class of 2020 chose her to receive the Hurlbut Award, which is given to one professor “who strives to make teaching an art.” She co-chaired the steering committee for Stanford University’s Faculty Women’s Forum, which works to enable all women faculty to thrive, from August 2022 to January 2024 and jointly conducted two surveys on COVID’s impacts on faculty for FWF. Prior to joining Stanford University in 2018, O’Connell was the George Johnson Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. While there, she received the Distinguished Teaching Award (the campus’s most prestigious honor for teaching) in 2016 and Berkeley Law’s Rutter Award for Teaching Distinction in 2012. From April 2013 to July 2015, she served as associate dean for faculty development and research under three different deans. In 2013-2014, O’Connell was co-president of the Society for Empirical Legal Studies (co-organizing the 2014 Conference on Empirical Legal Studies).
Before joining the Berkeley Law faculty in 2004, O’Connell clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court during the October 2003 term. From 2001 to 2003, she was a trial attorney for the Federal Programs Branch of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division, receiving commendations for her work. She clerked for Judge Stephen F. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 2000 to 2001. A Truman Scholar, O’Connell worked for a number of federal agencies in earlier years, including the Department of Defense (Offices of the General Counsel and Inspector General), Federal Trade Commission (Bureau of Competition), Department of Justice (Office of Legal Counsel), and U.S. Army (RDE). She is a member of the New York bar and served as a volunteer for the Biden-Harris Campaign’s policy team.
Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2019?
Robert Barnes, Josh Blackman, Megan L. Brown, Robert J. Cottrol, Amy Howe, Carrie Campbell Severino
Co-Sponsored by the Faculty Division and Practice Groups
On October 2, 2019, the Federalist Society hosted a panel discussing the current composition and...
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Short video featuring Wendy Schiller and Todd Zywicki
Prior to the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, U.S. senators were appointed by their state legislators...
Necessary & Proper Episode 47: Laboratories of Democracy - Part I: Early State Constitutions and Their Influence on the Legislative Branch
Lynn Uzzell, Mark Graber, Julie Silverbrook, John Dinan
On July 19, 2019, the Federalist Society's Article I Initiative cosponsored a two-part panel with...
Gamble v. United States - Post-Decision SCOTUScast
Clark Neily
SCOTUScast featuring Clark Neily
On June 17, 2019, the Supreme Court decided Gamble v. United States, a case challenging...
Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Association v. Thomas - Post-Decision Podcast
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SCOTUScast featuring Michael Bindas
On June 26, 2019, the Supreme Court decided Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Association v....
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Adam Liptak
Short video featuring Adam Liptak
Access to the pages of paper records from federal courts is free, but access to...
Bucklew v. Precythe: The Decision [SCOTUSbrief]
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Short video featuring John Stinneford
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Federalist Society Review, Volume 20
Note from the Editor: The Federalist Society takes no positions on particular legal and public...
Iancu v. Brunetti Post-Decision Podcast
SCOTUScast featuring Thomas Berry
On June 24, 2019, the Supreme Court decided Iancu v. Brunetti, a case considering whether...
Deep Dive Episode 65 – Subdelegations of Rulemaking Power and the Appointments Clause
Todd F. Gaziano, Kristin E. Hickman, Anne Joseph O'Connell
Regulatory Transparency Project and Administrative Law & Regulation Practice Group Teleforum
The strictures of the Appointments Clause are receiving renewed attention in the courts, including the...