Dr. Glen Staszewski

Biography

Glen Staszewski’s research broadly focuses on democratic legitimacy, lawmaking, and the interpretation of the modern administrative state. His work seeks to identify ways to facilitate reasoned deliberation and agonistic contestation within government. Staszewski has published articles in leading journals on topics at the intersection of administrative law, constitutional theory, legislation, statutory interpretation, and civil procedure. His research uniquely ties conventional legal problems to democratic theory, producing novel insights in interpretive theory and proposing innovative methods to improve the structure and legitimacy of democratic institutions. He has served as a consultant for the Administrative Conference of the United States, recommending practices for federal administrative agencies to broaden public participation and community engagement in rulemaking and adjudication. His recent scholarship includes a series of articles addressing authoritarian populism and its implications for law. Staszewski was previously a trial attorney at the Federal Programs Branch of the U.S. Department of Justice before joining the MSU Law faculty. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the Vanderbilt Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. After graduation, he clerked for the Honorable Fortunato P. Benavides on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Currently, he teaches courses including Civil Procedure, Legislation, and Administrative Law, and has been recognized for teaching excellence by the MSU Law’s Student Bar Association.

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