Faculty Fellow
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Joint appointment
Assistant Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Education
Ph.D., History of American Civilization, Harvard University;
JD, Harvard Law School
Bio
Christopher Schmidt, of the Chicago Kent College of Law, has been appointed a Faculty Fellow at the ABF. He holds a Ph.D. in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University, and a J.D.…
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Research focus
The intersection of social movement mobilization and constitutional change in recent American history; the ways in which constitutional claims emerge and develop outside the courts, and the effect of these extrajudicial claims on legal doctrine. Current research focuses on the egalitarian constitutionalism of the civil rights movement; and the libertarian constitutionalism that has gained traction with the rise of populist conservatism in recent decades.
Professional Service & Recognition
Associate Editor, Law & Social Inquiry
Co-Chair, American Bar Foundation/Illinois Legal History Seminar
Legal History Section Editor, Jotwell (online)
Chicago-Kent College of Law Excellence in Teaching Award, 2011
Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Prize Committee, American Society for Legal History
Chicago-Kent College of Law Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize Committee
Paper Commentator, “‘We Must First Take Account’: A Conference on Race, Law, and History in the Americas,” University of Michigan Law School, April 2011