Daniel B. Rodriguez | |
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Dean and Harold Washington Professor Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law | |
Assumed office January 1, 2012 |
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Preceded by | David E. Van Zandt |
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Alma mater |
California State University, Long Beach (B.A.) Harvard University (J.D.) |
Occupation |
Professor Lawyer Administrator |
Website | Daniel B. Rodriguez |
Daniel B. Rodriguez is Dean of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and holds the Harold Washington Professorship. He was the 2014 President of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), and currently serves on the American Bar Association's Commission on the Future of Legal Services.
A nationally prominent law teacher and scholar, Rodriguez’s principal academic work is in the areas of administrative law, local government law, and constitutional law. He also has a special interest in the law-business-technology interface and its impact on the future of legal education.
Rodriguez assumed his role as Dean and Harold Washington Professor at Northwestern Law on January 1, 2012. Prior to his appointment at Northwestern, Rodriguez served as Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law at the University of Texas (Austin) from 2007 to 2011. While at Texas, he was also a professor of government (by courtesy) and a Research Fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Before joining the Texas faculty, Rodriguez served as Dean and Warren Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law. He began his academic career at the University of California, Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law. In addition, he has been a visiting professor of law at Columbia University, University of Southern California, University of Illinois, and University of Virginia and also at the Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.