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Jennifer Mason McAward
Associate Professor of Law
Office Number: 2154 Eck Hall of Law
Telephone: 574.631.7528
Fax: 574.631.4197
Email: mason.1@nd.edu
Staff Assistant: Kim Daniels
Jennifer Mason McAward is an associate professor of law, whose teaching and research interests focus on civil rights, constitutional law, and habeas corpus. Her scholarship addresses the relationship between Congress and the federal courts with respect to protecting individual rights. Her current projects explore the power of Congress to enforce the Thirteenth Amendment. She joined the law school faculty in 2005 and was named Distinguished Professor of the Year in 2007.
Professor Mason McAward received her undergraduate degree summa cum laude from Notre Dame in 1994. She majored in Government and minored in Theology. Upon graduation, she spent one year doing volunteer work through the Holy Cross Associates program. In 1998, she received her J.D. summa cum laude from New York University School of Law, where she was managing editor of the law review.
Following law school, Professor Mason McAward clerked for Judge Alex Kozinski on the Ninth Circuit and then for United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. She practiced law and completed a public service fellowship with Holland & Knight LLP in Washington, D.C.
In the News
LAW70305, Constitutional Law II
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LAW70468, Post-Conviction Remedies
Faculty Expertise Areas
- Civil rights law
- Constitutional law
- Habeas corpus
The Scope of Congress’s Power to Enforce the Thirteenth Amendment After City of Boerne v. Flores, 88 WASH U. L. REV. 77 (2010).
Congress’s Power to Block Enforcement of Federal Court Orders, 93 IOWA L. REV. 1319-67 (2008).
Buying Time for Survivors of Domestic Violence: A Proposal for Implementing an Exception to Welfare Time Limits, 73 New York University Law Review 621-66 (1998).
