Associate Professor of Law and Political Science
Neil S. Siegel received his B.A. (Economics and Political Science), summa cum laude, in 1994, and his M.A. (Economics) in 1995 from Duke University. He graduated in 2001 with joint degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, receiving his J.D. (first in class) from Boalt Hall School of Law and a Ph.D. in Jurisprudence and Social Policy. While at Boalt Hall, Professor Siegel served as the Senior Articles Editor of the California Law Review and was appointed by the Dean to design and teach Introduction to U.S. Law to Boalt's L.L.M students. Before moving west, he served as a research assistant to George Akerlof and William Dickens in the Economic Studies Program at The Brookings Institution and was a graduate teaching assistant to Craufurd Goodwin in the Duke University Department of Economics.
Professor Siegel served as Special Counsel to Senator Joseph R. Biden during the recent confirmation hearings of John G. Roberts and Samuel A. Alito. During the October 2003 Term, Professor Siegel clerked for Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Supreme Court of the United States. Before that experience, he served as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General at the United States Department of Justice and was a law clerk to then-Chief Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. During two summers, he was a summer associate at O'Melveny & Myers, L.L.P. in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, California.
Professor Siegel teaches in the areas of constitutional law and federal courts. His research interests include constitutional law, constitutional theory, and the economic analysis of constitutional law. When he is not working, he enjoys spending time with his daughters Sydney and Dylan, his wife Maria, and their two cats, Duke and Max.