William P. Marshall

William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law

Education

J.D., University of Chicago (1977)
B.A., University of Pennsylvania (1972)

Marshall joined UNC-Chapel Hill as a permanent member of the faculty in spring 2001. He received his law degree from the University of Chicago and his undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania. Marshall served as Deputy White House Counsel and Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States during the Clinton Administration where he worked on issues ranging from freedom of religion to separation of powers. He has published extensively on constitutional law issues and is a nationally recognized first amendment scholar. He is also a leading expert on federal judicial selection matters and on the interrelationship between media, law and politics. He teaches media law, civil procedure, constitutional law, first amendment, federal courts, and the law of the presidency.

Selected Publications

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Justices as Economic Fixers: A Comment on a Macrotheory of the Court, (S. Baker, A. Feibelman & W. Marshall) 58 DUKE L.J. 1627 (2009). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis]
The Continuing Search for a Meaningful Model of Judicial Rankings and why It (Unfortunately) Matters, (S. Baker,� A. Feibelman & W. Marshall) 58 DUKE L.J. 1645 (2009). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis]
Eleven Reasons Why Presidential Power Inevitably Expands and Why It Matters , 88 B.U. L. REV. 505 (2008). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, Hein]
Pragmatic Idealism and the Scholarship of Mel Durchslag, 58 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 1003 (2008). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis]
Break Up the Presidency?: Governors, State Attorneys General, and Lessons from the Divided Executive, 115 YALE L. J. 2446 (2006). [Westlaw, SSRN, Hein]
Judicial Accountability in a Time of Legal Realism 56 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 937 (2006). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, Hein]
The Battle Over State Immunity in Craig Bradley, in THE REHNQUIST LEGACY (Cambridge University Press, 2006). [KF8742 .R467 2006]
The Constitutional Law of Presidential Transitions, (with J. Beerman) 84 N.C. L. REV. 1253 (2006). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, SSRN, Hein]
The Judicial Nominations Wars, 39 RICH. L. REV. 819 (2005).
Be Careful What You Wish For: The Problems With Using Empirical Rankings To Select Supreme Court Justices, 78 S. CAL. L. REV. 119 (2004). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, Hein]

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Areas of Expertise

Church and State Issues
Freedom of Speech
Law and Politics
Media Law
Presidency, The

Contact Information

Office:�	5132 Van Hecke-Wettach Hall
Phone:�	919.843.7747
Fax:�	919.962.1277
E-mail:�	wpmarsha@email.unc.edu