Andrew Siegel

Biography

Professor Siegel joined the law school as an Associate Professor in the fall of 2007, after five years teaching at the University of South Carolina School of Law. Before entering the legal academy, Professor Siegel served as a law clerk to Judge Pierre N. Leval of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and to Justice John Paul Stevens of the United States Supreme Court and practiced as a litigation associate in the New York office of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering.

Professor Siegel is a graduate of Yale College, has an master's degree in history from Princeton University, and graduated first in his class from New York University School of Law, where he was also an Executive Editor of the New York University Law Review.

Professor Siegel researches and writes about constitutional theory, contemporary constitutional and public law, American legal history, and criminal procedure. His recent articles include "The Court Against the Courts: Hostility to Litigation as an Organizing Theme in the Rehnquist Court's Jurisprudence," 84 Tex. L. Rev. 1097 (2006) and "Equal Protection Unmodified: Justice John Paul Stevens and the Case for Unmediated Constitutional Interpretation," 74 Fordham L. Rev. 2339 (2006). He is currently at work on a variety of projects including a history of the distinction between substantive and procedural due process and a cultural history of the first generation of American law schools.

While at the University of South Carolina, Professor Siegel chaired the American Bar Association's South Carolina Death Penalty Assessment Team and served as a member of the Young Scholars and Program Committees of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools. He is also a frequent commentator on constitutional issues and the United States Supreme Court for both local and national news organizations. His articles for the popular press include "Nice Disguise: Alito's Frightening Geniality," The New Republic, November 15, 2005.