Gregory Elinson

Gregory Elinson
Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law
2020-2021
Biography
Gregory Elinson studies the political economy of public law. Much of his research examines how political parties shape the separation of powers, administrative law, and legislative process. A separate strand of scholarship traces the varied ways the U.S. constitutional system has responded to the demands of groups and social movements representing the interests of racial minorities. His work draws on a variety of methodologies: the political scientist’s emphasis on path dependence and causal inference, the lawyer’s doctrinal toolkit and sensitivity to the structure of legal institutions, and the historian’s facility with archival data.
Greg’s work has been published or is forthcoming in Vanderbilt Law Review and Emory Law Journal as well as several leading peer-reviewed journals, including Law and Social Inquiry and Studies in American Political Development. Before joining the Climenko program, he was an associate in Kirkland & Ellis’s Chicago office, where his practice focused on commercial and appellate litigation. Greg clerked for Judge David Barron on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and Judge Gary Feinerman on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School, a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.A. from Harvard College.
Areas of Interest
- Administrative Law
- Constitutional Law
- Legislation: Statutory Interpretation
Clerkships
- David J. Barron, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2016 - 2017
- Gary Feinerman, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2017 - 2018
Education History
- A.B. Social Studies Harvard College, 2004
- M.A. Political Science University of California, Berkeley, 2009
- Ph.D. Political Science University of California, Berkeley, 2015
- J.D. Stanford Law School, 2016
Current Courses
- First Year Legal Research and Writing 7B, Fall 2020
- First Year Legal Research and Writing 7B, Spring 2021
- Political Parties and Public Law, Spring 2021