Jennifer Nou

Jennifer Nou graduated in 2008 from Yale Law School, where she served on the Yale Law Journal and as a Coker Fellow.  After graduation, she was a law clerk to Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and then to Justice Stephen Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States.  From August 2010 to December 2011, Jennifer worked at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs as a policy analyst and special assistant to Administrator Cass Sunstein.  Before law school, she received her undergraduate degree in economics and political science from Yale College, as well as an M. Phil in Politics (Political Theory) at Oxford University. 

Jennifer’s primary research and teaching interests include administrative law, election law, legislation and statutory interpretation, and torts.  Other interests include federal courts, constitutional law, environmental law, welfare law, and contracts.