Natalie Schmidt

Natalie Schmidt serves as Assistant Professor of Law at The Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law since 2024, teaching Election Law and Remedies while researching election systems, administrative procedures, and institutional power dynamics between federal, state, and democratic entities.

Education:

• J.D., Harvard Law School (2022), Executive Submissions Editor, Harvard Journal on Legislation
• B.S., Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science (2019)

Her scholarship examines how legal principles translate to real-world justice through remedies frameworks, with publications in the Ohio State Law Journal. She emphasizes the practical impact of law on societal wrongs, stating: "Remedies are the 'so what?' of law: how substantive legal principles play out in real cases affecting real lives."

Prior to academia, Schmidt practiced complex civil litigation at Williams & Connolly LLP (2023-2024) and clerked for Judge Peter J. Phipps, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (2022-2023). She recently engaged students with U.S. Election Assistance Commissioner Hicks in November 2024.