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Zephyr Teachout
Associate Professor of Law

Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62nd Street
New York, NY 10023
Email: zteachout@law.fordham.edu
Telephone: 646.312.8722
Fax: 212.636.6899
Office: Room 436

An immensely talented and creative scholar, Professor Teachout brings a rich background in laws governing political behavior, both domestically and abroad, as well as the insights of her original work on corruption and its constitutional history.

Experience

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Duke University
  • National Director, Sunlight Foundation
  • Lecturer, University of Vermont
  • Political Consultant for nonprofits, political campaigns and citizen journalism organizations
  • Non-resident Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School
  • Director of Internet Organizing, Dean for America (Howard Dean’s Presidential Campaign)
  • Co-Founding Executive Director, The Fair Trial Initiative
  • Staff Attorney, Center for Death Penalty Litigation
  • Clerk, Chief Judge Edward R. Becker, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Education

  • J.D., summa cum laude, Duke Law School
  • M.A., Political Science, Duke University
  • B.A., Yale University