Haley Proctor

Haley Proctor is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame’s Notre Dame Law School, where she joined in 2024. Her expertise spans procedure, evidence, constitutional law, and federal courts. She explores the interplay between judicial and administrative procedures and the constitutional boundaries of legislative, administrative, and judicial powers. Prior to her current role, she served as a faculty fellow at the University of Missouri School of Law and the Kinder Institute for Constitutional Democracy, practiced law at Cooper & Kirk PLLC, and clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and D.C. Circuit Judge Thomas Griffith.

Proctor holds a B.A. in Political Science and International Studies (magna cum laude) from Yale College and a J.D. from Yale Law School. Her scholarship emphasizes textual analysis of constitutional provisions and procedural frameworks, with notable works on the Second Amendment’s interpretation, treaty power limitations, and cyber-attack legal frameworks. She teaches courses on Evidence and Civil Procedure, integrating theoretical and practical dimensions of legal processes.

Her research highlights intersections between constitutional structures and contemporary legal challenges, such as judicial deference to agencies and state responsibility in cyber conflicts. While no formal awards are listed, her contributions to constitutional and international law scholarship reflect impactful engagement with foundational legal principles.