Marcus Gadson

Areas of Expertise

• Civil Procedure
• Constitutional Law
• State and Local Government Law

Biography

Marcus Gadson joins the faculty from Campbell University, where he won Professor of the Year three times in a row. He is one of the nation’s leading authorities on state constitutions and has published articles in top journals like the NYU Law Review, Michigan Law Review, and Georgetown Law Journal. He is also the author of Sedition: How America’s Constitutional Order Emerged From Violent Crisis, which argues that constitutional crisis has been a constant in American history and explains how that history affects Americans today. Before entering the academy, Professor Gadson practiced at Steptoe and Johnson in Washington D.C. and served as a law clerk to Bernice Donald of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He graduated from Harvard Law School.

Professor Gadson offers courses in Civil Procedure, State Constitutional Law, and North Carolina Constitutional Law.