#  Ryan Doerfler 

Professor of Law at Harvard Law School

 

 

 



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 Ryan Doerfler is a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. His research focuses on the role of the judiciary within a democratic system. His recent work includes a critical reassessment of the embrace of judicial review within the liberal legal tradition and an analysis of the relationship between theories of statutory and constitutional interpretation and a fundamental commitment to democratic self-rule. Ryan’s academic work has been published in numerous leading law journals. His popular writing has appeared in the *Atlantic*, *Jacobin*, the *Nation*, the *New Republic*, the *New York Times*, and the *Washington Post*.

 Ryan graduated from Wake Forest University with a BA in philosophy. He then received a PhD in philosophy from Harvard University and a JD from Harvard Law School. Prior to joining the Harvard faculty, Ryan was a Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. Before that, he was an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Current Role
    
     [Faculty Associate](/current-role/faculty-associates)