Evan Bernick
Associate Professor of Law
Office: 197C
Email: ebernick@niu.edu
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Evan Bernick joined the 麻豆精品 Law faculty in 2021. He teaches courses in constitutional law, criminal law, criminal procedure, administrative law and legislation.
From 2020 to 2021, Bernick was a visiting professor at the and executive director of the . He previously served as a clerk to Judge Diane S. Sykes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. From April 2017 to April 2019, he was a visiting lecturer at Georgetown and a resident fellow of the Center for the Constitution.
His scholarship covers constitutional law, philosophy of law, social movements, and law enforcement. He has published with the Georgetown Law Journal, Notre Dame Law Review, William and Mary Law Review, and George Mason Law Review. His book, The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment: Its Letter and Spirit (2021), with Randy E. Barnett, was published by Harvard University Press under its Belknap imprint.
Bernick earned his B.A. in philosophy, with honors, from the in 2008, and his J.D. from the in 2011.
Areas of Expertise
- Administrative law
- Constitutional law
- Constitutional theory
- Criminal law
- Criminal procedure
- Law enforcement/policing
- Legislation
- Philosophy of law
Books
- The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment: Its Letter and Spirit (with Randy E. Barnett) (Harvard University Press, 2021)
Articles
- , 38 Const. Comment. 69 (2024) (reviewing Louis Michael Seidman, From Parchment to Dust: The Case for Constitutional Skepticism)
- , 98 Notre Dame Law Review 2177 (2023)
- , 128 Penn St. L. Rev. 1 (2023) (with Christopher R. Green)
- , 27 Tex. Rev. L. & Pol. 247 (2023) (with Christopher R. Green)
- , 25 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 1154 (2023)
- , 43 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 300 (2023)
- , 51 Hofstra L. Rev. 1 (2022)
- , Cato Sup. Ct. Rev. (2022)
- , 67 S.D. L. Rev. 1 (2022)
- , 110 Geo. L.J. 1 (2021)
- , 47 Ohio N.U. L. Rev. 33 (2021)
- , 26 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 1087 (2020)
- (with Randy E. Barnett), 95 Notre Dame L. Rev. 499 (2020)
- , 108 Geo. L.J. 1 (2019)
- (with Randy E. Barnett), 60 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1599 (2019)
- , 70 Admin. L. Rev. 807 (2018)
- (with Randy E. Barnett), 107 Geo. L.J. 1 (2018)
- , 16 Geo. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 27 (2018)
- , 10 N.Y.U. J.L. & Liberty 522 (2016)
- , 23 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 479 (2016)