Erin F. Delaney
Assistant Professor, School of Law

- erin.delaney@law.northwestern.edu
- 312-503-0925
- Levy Mayer 291, School of Law
Interests
Research Interest(s): Constitutional design, U.S. constitutional law, and comparative constitutional law with particular attention to the role of courts in multi-level governance systems; Europe
Program Area(s): Law and Politics
Regional Specialization(s): United States
Biography
Erin Delaney is an assistant professor at the Law School with a courtesy appointment in Political Science. Her research focuses on constitutional design and comparative constitutional law, with particular attention to the role of courts in multi-level governance systems. Prior to coming to Northwestern, she was an Academic Fellow at Columbia Law School and served as a law clerk to Associate Justice David H. Souter of the United States Supreme Court.
Select Publications
- Judiciary Rising: Constitutional Change in the United Kingdom, 108 Nw. U. L. Rev. 543 (2014)
- Justifying Power: Federalism, Immigration, and Foreign Affairs, 8 Duke J. Con. L. & Pub. Pol’y 153 (2013) (Symposium Issue)
- Becoming Supreme: The Federal Foundation of Judicial Supremacy, with Barry Friedman, 111 Colum. L. Rev. 1137 (2011)
Courses taught
- U.S. Constitutional Law
- Immigration Law
- Constitutional Design
Awards
- Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in the Theory and Practice of Constitutionalism and Federalism, McGill University, September-December 2014
- Walter Bagehot Prize, United Kingdom Political Studies Association, best doctoral dissertation in government and public administration, 2004
- Outstanding Professor in a First-Year Course (Law School), 2014