James P. Madigan, JD

Visiting Assistant Professor
School of Law

Jim Madigan is a visiting assistant professor at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Law. He teaches Property, Legislation and Regulation, and a seminar on race, law and society.  

Prior to joining ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, Madigan spent two years as a Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School. He later taught there as an adjunct lecturer. Madigan was a commercial litigation attorney in Chicago at the law firms of Goldberg Kohn (associate) and Greenberg Traurig (partner). Madigan also served as a staff attorney at Lambda Legal, where he focused on civil rights impact litigation and public education. Madigan recently spent two years as a federal judicial law clerk in the Northern District of Ohio.

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Teaching Information

Courses Taught

LAWS 1204 Law, Legislation and Regulation
LAWS 1203 Property
LAWS 1931 Race, Law and Society

Publications

  • "Questioning the Coercive Effect of Self-Identifying Speech," 87 Iowa L. Rev. 75 (2002)
  • "The Idea of Public Reason Resuscitated," 10 Wm. & Mary Bill of Rights J. 719 (2002)
  • "Doing Justice to the Contribution of Lyric Poems," 6 J. Legal Writing Inst. 27 (2000)

Education

Juris Doctor
The University of Chicago Law School
Bachelor of Arts
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