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Jonathan L. Entin
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; David L. Brennan Professor of Law, and Professor of Political Science
A.B. 1969 (Brown), J.D. 1981 (Northwestern)
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216/368-3321
Email:
jle@case.edu
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Mr. Entin has taught Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Courts, Public Policy, and Social Change, and a Supreme Court Seminar. Before joining the faculty in 1984, he clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (when she was on the U.S. court of Appeals) and practiced in Washington with Steptoe & Johnson. The recipient of several teaching awards and a former co-editor of the Journal of Legal Education, he is at work on a book about equal protection. Among his recent publications are "An Ohio Dilemma: Race, Equal Protection, and the Unfulfilled Promise of a State Bill of Rights," Cleveland State Law Review (2004), and "Judicial Selection and Political Culture," Capital University Law Review (2002).
Personal Statement
"When I was in practice, I helped to free a man who came within hours of being executed for a crime he didn't commit. This experience showed me how lawyers can make an enormous difference in people's lives, and I try to impart that lesson to my students. I'm always looking for better ways to teach, which is one reason I've spent the last six years as coeditor of the
Journal of Legal Education
."
My main area is Constitutional Law. I try to help my students learn the doctrine and theory that good lawyers have to know to represent clients, but I also aim to provide them with the historical and philosophical perspectives they will need to participate in the ongoing conversation about what kind of society we aim to be. We discuss large, often contentious, questions about the role of government and the relationship between the individual and the state. I want my students, whatever their views and however they use their legal training, to nourish the spirit of liberty for the rest of their lives.
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