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Erin F. Delaney is Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law currently on leave while serving as the Inaugural Director of the Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism and the Leverhulme Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at University College London, Faculty of Laws. She previously held multiple leadership roles at Northwestern including Associate Dean of Faculty and Research.
Her educational background includes a J.D., magna cum laude, from NYU School of Law (where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the NYU Law Review), a Ph.D. from Cambridge University (awarded the Walter Bagehot Prize for best dissertation in government and public administration), an MPhil from Cambridge University, and an A.B. in Government, magna cum laude, from Harvard College.
Professor Delaney's research focuses on comparative constitutional law, federalism, and judicial review, with particular interest in how constitutional courts operate across different political systems. Her work examines judicial strategies, constitutional design, and the relationship between courts and democratic institutions. She has published in leading law journals including the Yale Law Journal, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, and Duke Law Journal.
Her recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on judicial legitimacy, constitutional interpretation, and comparative approaches to constitutional review, with increasing attention to global constitutionalism and the role of courts in maintaining democratic systems.
- Childres Award for outstanding teaching (2015)
- Walter Bagehot Prize from the United Kingdom Political Studies Association
Professor Delaney has supervised student research including Joseph Mantegani's project on 'Tribal Courts in Federalist Systems.' She has received support through various appointments including Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at McGill University and MacCormick Fellowship at Edinburgh Law School. Her prior judicial clerkships with Justice Souter of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Calabresi of the Second Circuit provide practical grounding for her scholarly work.
She teaches and has taught Constitutional Law, Fourteenth Amendment, Public Law Colloquium, and Immigration Law, with her Public Law Colloquium bringing together scholars to discuss significant topics in public law scholarship across constitutional, administrative, and procedural domains.
