Tsesis
Loyola Alexander University, Chicago, School of Law 25 East Pearson Street Chicago, IL 60611 [e-mail] 312-915-7929
Academic Experience: 1. Assistant Professor of Law (2007-present)
Loyola University, Chicago, School of Law
Teaching: Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, First Amendment, and Civil Rights seminar. 2. Visiting Assistant Professor of Law (2006-present) Marquette University Law School Teaching: Torts, Cyberspace Law, Civil Rights.
External Speakers Committee and Faculty Advisor for Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review.
3. Visiting Assistant Professor of Law (2002-2006) Chicago-Kent College of Law, Teaching: Conflict of Laws, Free Speech and Contemporary Problems (seminar), and Legal Research and Writing. Nominee for Professor of the Year Award (2004). Admissions Committee. 4. Visiting Professor of Law (Fall 2004 & Spring 2005) University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Teaching: Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws. 5. Affiliated Scholar (2004-present) & Visiting Scholar (2001-2004) University of Wisconsin Law School, Institute for Legal Studies, Researching, writing, and faculty presentations. List of Publications: Scholarly Books: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (Oxford University Press, forthcoming) PROMISES OF LIBERTY: THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT ABOLITIONISM AND ITS CONTEMPORARY VITALITY ed. Alexander Tsesis (Columbia University Press, forthcoming 2009). WE SHALL OVERCOME: A HISTORY OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE LAW (Yale University Press, forthcoming April 2008). THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT AND AMERICAN FREEDOM: A LEGAL HISTORY (New York University Press 2004) (ACADEMIA University Press best seller list 1
Feb. & Mar. 2005). (Reviews: AM. HIST. REV.; CIVIL WAR HIST. J.; LAW & SOC. INQUIRY; J. AM. HIST.; L. & POL. BOOK REV.; J. S. HIST.; CHOICE MAG.; MICH. L. REV.; LAW & HIST. REV. (forthcoming)). DESTRUCTIVE MESSAGES: HOW HATE SPEECH PAVES THE WAY FOR HARMFUL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS (New York University Press, 2002 & 2d prtg. 2004) (ACADEMIA University Press best seller list Sept. & Oct. 2002). (Reviews: MICH. L. REV.; LAW & SOC. INQUIRY; ARGUMENTATION & ADVOCACY; JOURNALISM & MASS COMM. Q.; HOWARD L.J. (two articles); HARV. HUM. RTS. J.; FED. COMM. L.J.; & CHOICE MAG.)). (Chapter 11 republished in CURRENT CONTROVERSIES: CENSORSHIP (Sara Constantakis, ed., Thomson Publishing forthcoming 2007)). Scholarly Chapters: Reconstruction Abolitionism, in PROMISES OF LIBERTY: THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT ABOLITIONISM AND ITS CONTEMPORARY VITALITY ed. Alexander Tsesis (Columbia University Press, forthcoming 2008). Freedom to Integrate, in CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION AND ATTORNEY FEES ANNUAL HANDBOOK ed. Steven Saltzman (Thomson Publishing forthcoming 2007). Racist Hate Speech, in CENSORSHIP ed. Julia Bauder (Thomson Gale 2007). Furthering American Freedom, in CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION & ATTORNEY FEES ANNUAL HANDBOOK ed. Steven Saltzman (Thomson West 2004). Scholarly Articles: The Intersection between Free Speech and the Equal Protection Clause, 42 WAKE FOREST LAW REVIEW * (forthcoming Spring 2009). Undermining Inalienable Rights: From Dred Scott to the Rehnquist Court, 39 ARIZONA STATE LAW JOURNAL 1179 (2008). Freedom to Integrate: A Desegregationist Perspective on the Thirteenth Amendment, 38 UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVIEW 791 (Spring 2007) (symposium by invitation) (lead article); reprinted in CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION AND ATTORNEY FEES ANNUAL HANDBOOK (Steven Saltzman ed., forthcoming Thomson Publishing 2007). A Civil Rights Approach, 39 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS LAW REVIEW 2
1773 (2006). Regulating Intimidating Speech, 41 HARVARD JOURNAL ON LEGISLATION 389 (2004) (symposium by invitation) (lead article). Furthering American Freedom: Civil Rights & the Thirteenth Amendment, 45 BOSTON COLLEGE LAW REVIEW 307 (2004); reprinted in CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION AND ATTORNEY FEES ANNUAL HANDBOOK (Steven Saltzman ed., Thomson Publishing 2004). Contextualizing Bias Crimes: A Social & Theoretical Perspective, 28 LAW & SOCIAL INQUIRY 315 (2003) (essay by invitation). The Problem of Confederate Symbols: A Thirteenth Amendment Approach, 75 TEMPLE LAW REVIEW 539 (2002). Prohibiting Incitement on the Internet, 7 VIRGINIA JOURNAL ON LAW & TECHNOLOGY 5 (2002). Hate in Cyberspace: Regulating Hate Speech On the Internet, 38 SAN DIEGO LAW REVIEW 817 (2001). Eii t gh D st i o A ei H m l sAF i F drl prah10 l n i t etu o f m r as o e s m an e itn c e : a , eea A poc, r TEMPLE POLITICAL & CIVIL RIGHTS LAW REV. 103 (2000). The Empirical Shortcomings of First Amendment Jurisprudence: An Historical Perspective on the Power of Hate Speech, 40 SANTA CLARA LAW REV. 729 (2000). Toward a Just Immigration Policy: Putting Ethics into Immigration Law, 45 WAYNE LAW REVIEW 105 (1999). Protecting Children Against Unnecessary Institutionalization, 39 SOUTH TEXAS LAW REVIEW 995 (1998). Preventing Homelessness by Empowering Battered Women Through Vocational Opportunities, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 3 (June/July 1996). Miph o Evreisko-Bolshevistskom Zagovore [Myth of a Jewish-Bolshevik Conspiracy], ALEPH, Jan. 1990, at 34 (written and published in Russian). Bar, Encyclopedia & Other Publications: Anti-slavery Constitutionalism, in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE 3
UNITED STATES (David S. Tanenhaus et al. ed., forthcoming 2008). Thirteenth Amendment, in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES (David S. Tanenhaus et al. ed., forthcoming 2008). The Declaration of Independence, in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRIVACY (Bill Staples ed., Greenwood Press, 2007). William O. Douglas, in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRIVACY (Bill Staples ed., Greenwood Press, 2007). Federalist Principles and The Reporting of Immigration Status, 13 CHICAGO BAR ASSOCIATION RECORD 44 (1999). The Trailblazers Reach Their Destination, COMMENTATOR, Feb. 1996, at 6. A Snapshot into the Life of a Hobo, XPRESSIONS J., Feb. 1, 1996, at p.4. Holocaust Museum, COMMENTARY, Dec. 1993, at 13. Book Reviews: Book Review * J. AM. HIST. * (forthcoming 2009) (reviewing CONTESTED DEMOCRACY: FREEDOM, RACE, AND POWER IN AMERICAN HISTORY (Manisha Sinha and Penny Von Eschen, eds., 2007) (solicited review). Book Review, 26 LAW & HIST. REV. 215 (2008) (reviewing GARRETT EPPS, DEMOCRACY REBORN: THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT AND THE FIGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS IN POST-CIVIL WAR AMERICA (2006)) (solicited review). The Boundaries of Free Speech, 8 HARVARD LATINO LAW REVIEW 141 (2005) (solicited review). Justice at War & Brown v. Board of Education, 47 HOWARD LAW JOURNAL 361 (2004) (solicited review).
Works in Progress: 1) Life and Times of the Declaration of Independence (book project, Oxford University Press). 2) Promises of Liberty: Thirteenth Amendment Abolitionism and Its Contemporary Vitality (book project, Columbia University Press). 3) The Intersection of Equality and Liberty in the Age of Revolution (book project). 4) Abolitionism and Declaration of Independence (book project). 4
5) Free Speech and Equality (article project) 6) Substantive Civil Rights Principles (article project). 7) Revolutionary Aims of Thirteenth Amendment Constitutionalism (chapter project). 8) Democratizing the Constitution: Fourteenth Amendment Equality (essay project). 9) Privileges and Immunities Clause in Modern Context (article project) 10) Historiagraphy of the Thirteenth Amendment (chapter project) Presentations: The Aspiration of the Thirteenth Amendment (April 2009) University of Chicago (co-conference organizer and a paper presenter) T e h t n A ed et R vl i ay is h T ie t m nm n s eo t nr Am re h uo Law and Society Annual Meeting (presenter and panel co-organizer) (May 2008) Regulating Hate Speech Yale Law School, debate (April 2008) The Unalienable Core of Citizenship Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Symposium (Mar. 2007): video of presentation at http://law.wustl.edu/centeris/index.asp?id=5579. Intentionally Intimidating Speech Loyola University (Chicago) School of Law, Faculty Presentation (Dec. 2006) Thirteenth Amendment, Commerce Clause, Fourteenth Amendment: Comparative Analysis University of Florida College of Law, Faculty Presentation (Nov. 2006) Abolitionist Influences on American Law University of Toledo Law School, Symposium (Oct. 2006) Civil Rights Strategy a) Marquette University Law School, Faculty Presentation (Dec. 2005). b) Villanova University School of Law, Faculty Presentation (Oct. 2005). of Future Hate Speech Regulations Law and Society Annual Meeting, Presentation Panelist (June 2005). Thirteenth Amendment & Contemporary Issues a) University of Toledo College of Law, Faculty Presentation (Apr. 2005). b) American University, Washington College of Law, Faculty Presentation (Nov. 2004). c) University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Faculty Presentation (Oct. 2004). Thirteenth Amendment in Light of Recent Supreme Court Decisions 5
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Faculty Presentation (Apr. 2004). The Balance of Liberty & Equality in U.S. Legal History Chicago-Kent College of Law, Faculty Presentation (Mar. 2004). Thirteenth Amendment & Contemporary Issues a) University of Wisconsin-Law School Institute for Legal Studies, Faculty Presentation (Apr. 2003). b) Chicago-Kent College of Law, Faculty Presentation (Feb. 2003). Hate Speech Legislation Harvard Law School, Harvard Journal on Legislation, Symposium (Mar. 2003). Hate Speech in Cyberspace University of Wisconsin-Law School Institute for Legal Studies & Political Science Legal Studies Group, Faculty Presentation (Nov. 2001). Legal Limitations on Child Mental Institutionalization Public Affairs Panel Presentation, Trebach Institute (June 2001). Hate Crimes Forum University of Colorado, School of Law, Forum Address to student organizations (invited by Latino Law Student Association, Asian American Law Student Association, ACLU, Native American Law Student Association, OUTlaw, & National Lawyers Guild) (Mar. 2001). Imminent Threat of Harm Test American Bar Association Law Student Division (regional meeting) (Feb. 2001). Teaching Interests: Primary Interests: Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, First Amendment, Civil Rights, Torts, Conflict of Laws, Criminal Law, Legal History,. Secondary Interests: Federal Courts, Jurisprudence, Immigration, Law and Literature, Professional Responsibility.
Education: * J.D.--May, 1996, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology. Activities: Decalogue Society (President), Environmental Law Program, International Law Program, Black Law Student Association, Women in the Law. Honors: Webster Burke Merit Scholarship; Dean's List; Am Jur Award in Torts; Certificate in International and Comparative Law. * M.A. in Philosophy, December, 1992. University of Illinois-Chicago. * B.A., in Philosophy, December, 1990 (top 10% of class). University of Wisconsin-Madison. 6
Member Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Bar Passage and Acceptance: Illinois, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, U.S. Court of Appeals (Seventh Circuit), U.S. District Court (Northern Dist. IL). Other Professional Experience: Other Academic Experience: 1. Legislative Advisor Senator Edward Kennedy, Judiciary Committee (2007-Present) Consultant on national hate crimes statute. 2. Outside Manuscript Evaluator A) Oxford University Press (2007-present) B) University of Illinois Press (2005-present) C) New York University Press (2001-present) Evaluating the substantive and stylistic merits of manuscript submissions and book proposals on constitutional and legal history issues. 3. Expert Witness Department of Justice, Canada (2006-2007) Providing expert written and oral testimony concerning internet hate speech. Legal Practice: 1. Assistant Corporation Counsel (Apr. 1998-June 2002) City of Chicago, Department of Law First Amendment issues, legislative evaluations, appellate practice, criminal prosecution of misdemeanors and felonies, public health issues. 2. Associate Counsel (Apr. 1997-Apr. 1998) Birg & Associates, Ltd. General Practice: Personal injury (discovery, arbitration, and courtroom practice), immigration law, real estate, family law, and employment discrimination. 3. Legal Consultant (Dec. 1996-Apr. 1998) Illinois Senator Howard Carroll Political and legal advisor about immigration and international business issues. 4. Associate Counsel (Sept. 1996-Apr. 1997) Immigrant Law Center General Practice: Immigration law, family law, wills, trusts, and real estate. 7
Law School Experience: 1. Law Clerk (Dec. 1995-June 1996) City of Chicago, Department of Law Municipal Prosecutions: Litigation & drafting for Health, Revenue, & Environmental Dept. 2. Summer Intern (Summer 1995) (A) American Bar Association--Center on Children & the Law Research about policy matters related to international child abductions and child custody mediation in cases of domestic abuse. (B) American Bar Association--Central and East European Law Initiative Review of journal articles on judicial review in multiple countries on the North American, South American, Asian, European, and African continents. 3. Research Assistant (A) Professor Richard Wright: Chicago-Kent College of Law (Fall 1995) Research and writing: Concentrating on the categorical imperative and comparing it to other normative principles in order to evaluate its applicability in tort law. (B) Professor Molly Lien: Chicago-Kent College of Law (May 1994-Dec., 1995) Research and writing. Comparing and contrasting Russian and United States federalism. Also, research into the ancient and modern philosophical origins of constitutional democracy. Research on comparative judicial review in numerous countries. Issues related to women in the legal profession. 4. Law Clerk (Summer 1994) Cook County Public Guardian's Office (Chicago, Illinois) Providing legal assistance for senior citizens with organic brain disorders. Research, writing memoranda and petitions, briefing cases, library responsibilities, filing, docketing. Non-legal Experience: 1. Substitute Teacher (1992-1993) Chicago Public School System Elementary School: Permanent assignment as an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher for Hispanic children. Pullout teacher for children with learning disabilities (SL). 2. Fund-raiser and Environmental Issues Researcher (1992) Illinois Public Interest Research Group Researching methods for efficient solid waste management with an emphasis on recycling. Presenting environmental platforms to individuals in person to elicit their financial support. 8
3. Organizer of Russian Fables Collection (1989-1990) University of Wisconsin, Madison--Memorial Library Responsibilities: Classification and cataloging the unique Russian Fable Archives for the Memorial Library, bibliographical work, reference, microfilms and microfiche, etc. 4. First Lieutenant (Quartermaster Corps) (1987-1997) United States Army Reserves (Honorable Discharge) Highlights of Responsibilities: a) Platoon Leader of a Logistics Platoon. b) Executive Officer of a Group Headquarters Company. Supervised up to 75 people as a Platoon Leader. As Executive Officer created and administered education program, equal opportunity program, etc. Taught elementary Russian classes. Languages: Russian (Fluent), Spanish (Competent), Polish and Ukranian (Moderate Oral Comprehension), Ancient Greek and Latin (Moderate Reading Comprehension).
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References: Professor Sanford Levinson, University of Texas School of Law (512-232-1351): [e-mail] Professor Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School (617-496-4451 (office); 202-291-6352 (home); 202-374-9571 (mobile)): [e-mail] Professor Richard Delgado, University of Pittsburgh School of Law (412-648-1434): [e-mail] Professor Eric Foner, Columbia University, History Department (212-854-5253): [e-mail] Professor James McPherson, Princeton University, History Department (609-258-4173): [e-mail] (checks e-mail and phone messages once a week) Professor J. Gordon Hylton, Marquette University Law School (414-288-5372): [e-mail] Professor A. Dan Tarlock, Chicago-Kent College of Law (312-906-5217): [e-mail] Professor Andrew Taslitz, Howard University School of Law (202-806-8029): [e-mail] Professor James Gray Pope, Rutgers University Law School-Newark (973-353-5979): [e-mail] Professor James Lindgren, Northwestern University School of Law (312-503-8374): [e-mail] Professor David Herring, University of Pittsburgh School of Law (412-648-1401): [e-mail] Dean Harold Krent, Chicago-Kent College of Law (312-906-5010): [e-mail] Professor William M. Wiecek, Syracuse University College of Law (315-443-4108): [e-mail]
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Dean Frederick Lawrence, George Washington University Law School [phone]: [e-mail]
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