Gary S. Lawson

Abraham & Lillian Benton Scholar
Professor of Law
B.A., summa cum laude, Claremont Men's College
J.D., Yale Law School

Interests: constitutional theory; administrative law; jurisprudence

A founding member of the Federalist Society, Gary Lawson came to Boston University in January 2000 from Northwestern University School of Law, where his exemplary teaching skills earned him three of the School's most prestigious awards. At BU Law, he teaches courses in administrative law, advanced administrative law and property law.

Professor Lawson twice clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia, first at the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and then at the United States Supreme Court. In 2004, he published (with Guy Seidman) The Constitution of Empire: Territorial Expansion and American Legal History (Yale University Press), which surveys the legal history of American territorial acquisition and governance, and the third edition of his Federal Administrative Law casebook. The fourth edition of the casebook is forthcoming in 2007. His recent law review articles include "Originalism as a Legal Enterprise" (with Guy Seidman, Constitutional Commentary), "The Jeffersonian Treaty Clause" (with Guy Seidman, Illinois Law Review), and "Discretion as Delegation: The 'Proper' Understanding of the Nondelegation Doctrine" (George Washington Law Review).