Ellen D. Katz, the Ralph W. Aigler Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, writes and teaches about election law, civil rights and remedies, and equal protection.

Katz's scholarship addresses questions of minority representation, political equality, and the role of institutions in crafting and implementing anti-discrimination laws. She has published numerous articles, including an influential empirical study of litigation under the Voting Rights Act.

Before joining the Michigan Law faculty, Katz practiced as an attorney with the appellate sections of the US Department of Justice's Civil Division and its Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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Education

  • Yale College, BA, summa cum laude, history
  • Yale University, JD; Yale Law Journal, articles editor

Recent Courses

Clerkships

  • Supreme Court of the United States, the Hon. David H. Souter
  • US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, the Hon. Judith W. Rogers

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Featured Scholarship

"Race and Redistricting: The Legal Framework"

Political Geometry

"Mary Lou Graves, Nolen Breedlove, and the Nineteenth Amendment"

Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy
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  • Legal History

To Participate and Elect: Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act at 40

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  • Constitutional Law
  • Litigation

"Eight Months Later"

Boston University Law Review
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  • Legal Writing and Research
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5Qs: Katz on the Allen v. Milligan Decision and the Future of the Voting Rights Act

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Report Shows Diminished Reach of Voting Rights Act’s Section 2

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Professor Ellen Katz Named 2020 L. Hart Wright Award Recipient

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