Michael Pollack

Michael Pollack is a Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Development at Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, where he has been on faculty since 2017. His academic work focuses on the intersection of property rights, regulatory systems, and institutional governance, with specific expertise in land use, administrative frameworks, and constitutional property doctrines.

He holds a J.D. summa cum laude from New York University School of Law (where he was a Furman Scholar) and a B.A. with highest honors from Swarthmore College. Prior to joining Cardozo, he clerked for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Judge Janice Rogers Brown, practiced at the Department of Justice, and was a Bigelow Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School.

Pollack's influential scholarship explores how legal structures impact societal welfare through themes of spatial justice, governmental authority, and institutional design. His publications consistently engage with evolving challenges in property theory, federalism tensions, and democratic accountability in regulatory systems.

Honors include:

• Furman Scholar (NYU Law)
• Graduation summa cum laude and with highest honors
• Bigelow Fellowship (University of Chicago)