
Fellows
Lecturers in Law
Steven J. Kochevar
Data Science Institute Law Fellow, Lecturer in LawBiography
Steven J. Kochevar is the Data Science Institute Law Fellow and Lecturer in Law. His research examines the ways that emerging technologies interact with the law and its institutions, focusing on procedure, federal jurisdiction, and federalism.
Before joining the Law School, Steven served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York. He also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert A. Katzmann of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Honorable Jed S. Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Steven received his JD from Yale Law School, where he was an articles editor on the Yale Law Journal. He received his BS in Mathematics and English Language and Literature from Yale College.
Education
Yale Law School
JD, May 2014
Yale College
BS in Mathematics and English Language and Literature, May 2009
Experience
University of Chicago Law School
Data Science Institute Fellow & Lecturer in Law, July 2025 – present
United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York
Assistant United States Attorney, Criminal Division, January 2021 – March 2025
Assistant United States Attorney, Civil Division, December 2017 – January 2021
Hon. Robert A. Katzmann, US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Law Clerk, 2016 – 2017
Hon. Jed S. Rakoff, US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Law Clerk, 2015 – 2016
Peking University School of Transnational Law, Shenzhen, China
CV Starr Lecturer, 2014 – 2015
Presentations
- CrimFest 2025, New Technology Panel, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, July 2025
- Guest Lecturer, Philosophy and the Law, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, November 2021
- Guest Lecturer, Law and Development in the PRC, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, China, April 2015
Works in Progress
- How Hyperlegibility Delegitimizes Criminal Law