"Differing Paradigms, Similar Forms: Constructing a New Approach to Federalism in Congress and the Courts"
Credit Ratings and Bond Issuing at the Subnational Level: Training Manual (The World Bank)
"Wealth, Power, and the Information Revolution, A Review Essay"(Council on Foreign Relations)

Professor Mark Tushnet, Georgetown University

Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Constitutional Law; Associate Dean (Research)
B.A., Harvard; M.A., J.D., Yale
Expertise: constitutional law, U.S. legal history.
After receiving his J.D. from Yale, Professor Tushnet served as a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall from 1972-73. He then was a member of the law faculty of the University of Wisconsin at Madison until joining the Law Center faculty in 1981. He is co-author of three casebooks, Federal Courts in the 21st Century: Policy and Practice ; Constitutional Law: Cases and Commentary; and co-author with Vicki Jackson of a coursebook on Comparative Constitutional Law. His other recent writings include The NAACP's Legal Strategy Against Segregated Education 1925-1950 , which received the Littleton Griswold Award of the American Historical Association; Red, White and Blue: A Critical Analysis of Constitutional Law; Making Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1936-1961; Making Constitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1961-1991; and Taking the Constitution Away from the Courts. He was the secretary of the Conference on Critical Legal Studies from 1976-85.

Selected Publications:

Books
Making Constitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1961-1991 (1997).
Brown v. Board of Education: The Battle for Integration (1995).
The Warren Court in Historical and Political Perspective (Mark V. Tushnet ed., 1993).
Making Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1936-1961 (1994).
The NAACP's Legal Strategy Against Segregated Education, 1925-1950 (1987).
The American Law of Slavery, 1810-1860: Considerations of Humanity and Interest (1981).

Journal Articles
"The Constitution of Civil Society," 75 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 379 (2000).
"L'État actuel des Études juridiques critiques," 44 Archives de philosophie du droit 419 (Ioannis S. Papadopoulis trans., 2000).
"Legal Conventionalism in the U.S. Constitutional Law of Privacy," 17 Soc. Phil. & Pol'y 141 (2000), reprinted in The Right to Privacy (Ellen Frankel Paul et al. eds., 2000). "What is Constitutional About Progressive Constitutionalism?," 4 Widener L. Symp. J. 19 (Spring 1999).
"The Possibilities of Comparative Constitutional Law," 108 Yale L.J. 1225 (1999).
"Response: Liberal Political Theory and the Prerequisites of Liberal Law," 11 Yale J. L. & Human. 469 (1999) (responding to Steven Kautz, "Liberty, Justice, and the Rule of Law," 11 Yale J. L. & Human. 435 (1999)).
"Is Judicial Review Good for the Left?" Dissent 65 (1998).
"Progressive Era Race Relations Cases in Their 'Traditional' Context," Colloquium: Rethinking Buchanan v. Warley , 51 Vand. L. Rev. 993 (1998).
"Returning with Interest: Observations on Some Putative Benefits of Studying Comparative Constitutional Law," 1 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 325 (1998).

Professor Richard Deeg, Temple University

Professor Deeg is a Professor at Temple University's Political Science Department. Professor Deeg received the Best Paper award from the Organized Section on Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations, 1994 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.Professor Deeg was a visiting scholar at the Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB), and a graduate student associate at Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University. After graduating Macalester College magna cum laude , Professor Deeg received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a dissertation entitled "Banks and the State in Germany: The Critical Role of Subnational Institutions in Economic Governance."

Selected Publications:

Books: 

Finance Capitalism Unveiled: Banks and the German Political Economy.
(University of Michigan Press, 1999)

Articles/Chapters:
"Internationalization and Regulatory Federalism in Financial Systems: The United States and Germany at the Crossroads?" (with Susanne Lütz), Comparative Political Studies , forthcoming.
"Economic Globalization and the Shifting Boundaries of German Federalism."

Alisa Klein, United States Department of Justice

Ms. Klein is an attorney with the Civil Division, Appellate Staff, of the U.S. Department of Justice.Following graduation from Harvard Law School, Ms. Klein clerked for Judge Louis H. Pollak, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court.At the Justice Department, Ms. Klein participated in the litigation of Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council . She has also litigated federalism-based challenges to several federal statutes including the Violence Against Women Act, the Driver's Privacy Protection Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Telecommunications Act of 1996.She and co-author Mark Stern recently published The Government's Litigator:Taking Clients Seriously , 52 Admin. L. Rev. 1409 (2000).Ms. Klein and Mr. Stern co?teach a seminar on federalism as adjunct professors at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Mark Stern, United States Department of Justice

Mark Stern is Appellate Litigation Counsel in the Civil Division at the Department of Justice. Following graduation from Harvard Law School, Mr. Stern clerked for Judge Robert S. Vance on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and later practiced with the Washington firm of Wald, Harkrader & Ross.At the Justice Department, Mr. Stern participated in the litigation of Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council , and more recently argued to the Ninth Circuit in Gerling Global Reinsurance Ins. v. Kelso , a federalism-based challenge to California's Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act.Mr. Stern has also litigated federalism-based challenges to several federal statutes including the Brady Act, the Freedom of Access to Clinics Act, the Violence Against Women Act, the Driver's Privacy Protection Act, the Assault Weapons Ban, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Telecommunications Act of 1996.He and co-author Alisa Klein recently published The Government's Litigator:Taking Clients Seriously , 52 Admin. L. Rev. 1409 (2000).Mr. Stern and Ms. Klein co?teach a seminar on federalism as adjunct professors at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Professor Matt Schaefer, University of Nebraska

During the 1999 calendar year, Professor Schaefer served as a director in the International Economic Affairs Office of the National Security Council (NSC). He was principal staff member responsible for the formulation, coordination and implementation of U.S. foreign policy as it relates to international economic issues. In his role as a director, he prepared senior NSC officials for meetings with the President and foreign dignitaries and assisted in the development of international trade policy recommendations.
Professor Schaefer is a graduate of the University of Chicago (B.A. 1987) and the University of Michigan Law School (J.D. magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1991, LL.M. in international law 1993). During his law studies, he received the William W. Bishop, Jr. Award for performance with distinction in the field of international law and also served an externship at the U.S. State Department-Office of the Legal Advisor. In the fall of 1991, he studied at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia under a Ford Foundation Fellowship. Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Schaefer served as an international trade consultant to the National Governors' Association and Western Governors' Association in Washington, D.C. during the legislative implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and GATT Uruguay Round multilateral trade agreement.
He has also served as a consultant to two members of the European parliament in Brussels, Belgium and the states of Hawaii, Texas, and Utah. Professor Schaefer teaches Public International Law, International Trade Law, International Business Transactions, and International Trade Law and Policy Seminar.

Professor Robert Stumberg, Georgetown University

Professor Strumberg is Clinical Director, Harrison Institute for Public Law at Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Stumberg's expertise is impact of trade agreements on domestic policy, state and local government law, community development, and legal drafting.
Professor Stumberg is the author of various reports on reinvestment, housing, welfare reform, economic development, sustainable agriculture, and the impact of trade agreements on state law. He has been affiliated with the Law Center since receiving his J.D. here in 1975, as a Georgetown teaching fellow from 1975-77, and as Deputy Director of the D.C. Project of Georgetown University from 1977-79. In addition, he has served as the chair of the Section on Legislation of the AALS, the coordinator of the D.C. Housing Action Council, on the Board of Directors of Washington Consumer Checkbook Magazine, the Committee of 100 on the Federal City, and the D.C. Mutual Housing Association. His past positions include service as Policy Director of the Center for Policy Alternatives in Washington, D.C.After receiving his B.A. from Macalester, Professor Strumber received both his J.D. and LL.M. degrees from Georgetown University Law Center.

Ray Scheppach, National Governors'Association 

Raymond C. Scheppach is the Executive Director of the National Governors' Association.He previously worked for seven years at the Congressional Budget Office, United States Congress, with the last two years as the Deputy Director.He received his B.A. degree in Business Administration from the University of Maine, and his M.A. and his Ph.D. degrees in economics from The University of Connecticut.

Selected Publications:

Books
New Directions in Economic Policy: An Agenda for the 1980's ; with Everett Ehrlich, published by Praeger, May 1984.
Energy Policy Analysis and Congressional Action ; with Everett Ehrlich, published by Heath/Lexington, February 1982.
Transportation Productivity: Measurement and Policy Applications , with Carl Woehlcke, published by Heath/Lexington, January 1975.
State Projections of the Gross National Product, 1970, 1980 , published by Heath/Lexington, December 1972.

Articles
"The Clinton Plan: How Does it Play for Governors and States?" with Carl Volpe, Journal of American Health Policy, November/December 1993 issue.
"Our System Under Challenge," The Role of Local Government in Telecom Policy and Investment , Telecommunications Reports International Journal, Volume 2, Issues No. 1.
"The State Health Agenda: Austerity, Efficiency, and Monitoring the Emerging Market," The Future U.S. Healthcare System: Who Will Care for the Poor and Uninsured? , 1998.

Heidi Heitkamp, Former Attorney General of North Dakota

Professor John Echeverria, Georgetown University

John D. Echeverria is the Director of the Environmental Policy Project and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Echeverria has written extensively on the subject of regulatory takings and has represented local governments and public interest organizations in a wide variety of takings cases. He is the former General Counsel of the National Audubon Society and, before that, of American Rivers, Inc. Mr. Echeverria served as law clerk to the Honorable Gerhard A. Gesell and is a graduate of the Yale Law School and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

James E. Mendenhall, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, LLP 

Mr. Mendenhall concentrates his practice on international trade law and international dispute settlement, with an emphasis on World Trade Organization dispute resolution. Mr. Mendenhall has counseled a pharmaceutical industry association considering cases against two governments under the Trade Related Intellectual Property (TRIPS) agreement. In addition, he represented a foreign government in one of the first WTO dispute settlement proceedings involving a dispute under the WTO Agreements on Goods, Services, Import Licensing, and Trade Related Investment Measures. Mr. Mendenhall spent a year in Brussels, Belgium participating in several WTO cases and other dispute settlement actions. Mr. Mendenhall has substantial experience representing foreign corporations and governments in international trade dispute proceedings before Binational Panels under the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement, the Department of Commerce, the International Trade Commission, and the Court of International Trade. In 1996 and 1997, he represented the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a high profile arbitration
under the Dayton Peace Accords. Mr. Mendenhall graduated from Harvard Law School with Honors and from University of Notre Dame with Highest Honors.

Trade Analysts from the Harrison Institute for Public Law

Carolyn Bannon . BS in International Politics, magna cum laude and Phi
Beta Kappa, Georgetown University; intern at the U.S. Department of
State, Office of Bosnia Implementation; intern at the Council of Europe
(Strasbourg, France).

Michael Barnett . BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, magna cum
laude, Claremont McKenna College; studies in economics and political
theory, University of Nottingham (Nottingham, England); intern to U.S.
Rep. Jim Ramstad (MN).

Decai Liu . PhD in Immunology, Case Western Reserve University; BA in
Biochemistry, Wuhan University (Wuhan China); NIH research award and
post-doctoral fellowship.

Kristina McNeff . BA in Political Science and Spanish, magna cum laude,
University of Arizona; intern at Center for Justice & International Law;
editor at National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade.

Jonathan Stoel . AB in History and Economics, Dartmouth College; Japan
Exchange & Teaching Program (Ashiya, Japan); Managing Editor, Law and
Policy in International Business; Nominee for a Fulbright Scholarship to
Japan, 2001-2002.

Dana Vincent . MA in Economics, New School for Social Research; BA in
History, cum laude, Spelman College; Thomas J. Watson Fellow (travel to
nine African and Caribbean countries).