Robert Schapiro

Professor of Law

Robert Schapiro was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal. He served as a clerk for Judge Pierre N. Leval, then of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and for Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court. He worked with the law firm of Sidley & Austin in Washington, D.C., where he practiced general and appellate litigation.

Area of Specialty: Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Civil Procedure

Research and Scholarship: Professor Schapiro taught for two years at Duke Law School before coming to Emory. Currently, he teaches federal courts, constitutional law and civil procedure. 

Select Publications: POLYPHONIC FEDERALISM: TOWARD THE PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS (University of Chicago Press, 2009); Monophonic Preemption, Northwestern Law Review (2008); Federalism as Intersystemic Governance: Legitimacy in a Post-Westphalian World, Emory Law Journal (2007); Justice Stevens’ Theory of Interactive Federalism, Fordham Law Review (2006); Toward a Theory of Interactive Federalism, Iowa Law Review (2005); Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Rights in a Post-Erie World, William & Mary Law Review (2005); (with William Buzbee) Unidimensional Federalism: Power and Perspective in Commerce Clause Adjudication, Cornell Law Review (2003); (with William Buzbee) Legislative Record Review, Stanford Law Review (2001); Judicial Deference and Interpretive Coordinacy in State and Federal Constitutional Law, Cornell Law Review (2000); Polyphonic Federalism: State Constitutions in the Federal Courts, California Law Review (1999).

Education: BA, 1984, JD, 1990, Yale University; MA, Stanford University, 1986.