Dr. Rachel Barkow

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Biography

Rachel Barkow is the Charles Seligson Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, where she serves as the faculty director of the Peter L. Zimroth Center for the Administration of Criminal Law. Barkow has also made significant contributions to the field, having served as a member of the United States Sentencing Commission from 2013 to 2019. She is recognized as one of the country’s leading experts on criminal law and policy, with over 35 published articles to her name. Barkow teaches courses on criminal law, administrative law, and constitutional law, and she has received multiple teaching awards, including the NYU Distinguished Teaching Award in 2013. She graduated from Northwestern University with a BA in History and Psychology in 1993 and earned her JD from Harvard Law School in 1996, where she graduated magna cum laude and won the Sears Prize. Before her academic career, Barkow clerked for Judge Laurence H. Silberman on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and for Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court. She has held positions at the law firm Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans in Washington, DC, and has been actively involved in significant legal scholarship.

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Experience

Professor

— Present

New York University School of Law • New York, NY

Barkow teaches courses in criminal law, administrative law, and constitutional law while serving as faculty director of the Zimroth Center.

Awards

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Distinguished Teaching Award

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Podell Distinguished Teaching Award

Requirements for New York University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from accredited institution Strong background in biological, chemical, physical, or mathematical sciences
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Specialization Notes

Open Program in Biomedical Sciences (Vilcek Institute) covers departments like Biochemistry, Pathology, Neuroscience, Microbiology, etc.