Daniel Rice
Assistant Professor of Law
Areas of Expertise
- Constitutional Law
- Courts
- Federalism
- First Amendment
- Fourteenth Amendment
- Indian and Aboriginal Law
- Supreme Court of the United States
Biography
Daniel Rice joined the Carolina Law faculty in 2025. His research focuses primarily on the fields of constitutional law and federal Indian law. His recent scholarship explores the interaction between cultural and legal change, the interpretive significance of moral outrage, and the relationship between memory and legal tradition. Rice’s work has appeared (or will appear) in several leading journals, including the Michigan Law Review, Virginia Law Review, California Law Review, Minnesota Law Review, and Washington University Law Review.
Prior to joining the faculty, Rice taught at the University of Arkansas School of Law. He clerked for Judge Sri Srinivasan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, as well as Judge Christopher Cooper of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Rice also worked as an attorney at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at the Georgetown University Law Center. Rice graduated first in his class from the Duke University School of Law, where he was a Mordecai Scholar. He is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
Education
- Duke University School of Law