Trained legal historian, Jeremy Kessler writes primarily about Amendment Law, Administrative Law, and Legal Theory. His forthcoming book, 'Conscription Constitutional Change Twentieth Century America' (Harvard) explores the contested development of the military draft and its impact on civil liberties and the administrative state. His past scholarship includes the origins and development of Amendment doctrine, the role of administrative governance in structuring individual rights, and the relationship between legal and economic change. His work has been featured in prestigious publications such as Harvard Law Review and Columbia Law Review. Currently, Kessler is involved in four long-term projects that examine various facets of legal theory and administrative governance. He is a co-director of Columbia Law School's Legal History Workshop and has held fellowships at renowned institutions such as NYU School of Law and the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library. During his time at Yale Law School, he was the Legal History Fellow and an executive editor for the Yale Journal of Law and Humanities.
Columbia Law School • New York, NY
Teaching courses in law with a focus on legal history and administrative law.
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit • New York, NY
Judicial clerkship under Judge Pierre N. Leval.
Tikvah Center for Law and Jewish Civilization, NYU School of Law • New York, NY
Engaged in research related to law and Jewish civilization.
Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library • Austin, TX
Conducted research as a Harry Middleton Fellow.
Yale Journal of Law and Humanities • New Haven, CT
Executive editor of the journal.