Luke Norris
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Profile
Luke Norris studies civil procedure and the civil justice system with particular focus on regulatory enforcement actions involving workers, consumers, and other litigants, and with emphasis on questions of democratic and economic equality. In 2023, Luke's article The Promise and Perils of Private Enforcement was awarded the Junior Scholarship Award by the Civil Procedure Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). Luke's publications have appeared or are forthcoming in the Texas Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Cornell Law Review, Virginia Law Review, NYU Law Review, Fordham Law Review, U.C. Irvine Law Review, William & Mary Law Review, and Law & Contemporary Problems. Luke is also the author of a treatise, Virginia Labor & Employment Law. Luke regularly teaches Civil Procedure, Labor Law, and Employment Law. In 2021 and 2024, Luke was selected by the graduating class of students as faculty graduation speaker.
Luke clerked for Judge Robert D. Sack and Judge Guido Calabresi, both of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and was a litigator at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. He previously served as a visiting assistant professor at Cardozo Law School and a fellow at Columbia Law School. Luke earned his J.D. from Yale Law School, his M.Sc. from Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship, and his B.A. from Gettysburg College.Expand All-
Bar Admissions
New York
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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Professional Experience
Associate Professor of Law (2021 - present)
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VAAssistant Professor of Law (2018 - 2021)
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VAFellow, Center for Constitutional Governance (2017 - 2018)
Columbia Law SchoolVisiting Assistant Professor of Law (2017 - 2018)
Cardozo Law SchoolAssociate in Law (2015 - 2017)
Columbia Law SchoolLitigation Associate (2014 - 2015)
Cravath, Swaine & MooreClerk, the Hon. Guido Calabresi (2013 - 2014)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitClerk, the Hon. Robert D. Sack (2012 - 2013)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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Bar Admissions
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Publications
Journal Articles
The Beleaguered Sovereign, 103 Texas Law Review (with Helen Hershkoff) (2025).
Procedural Political Economy, 66 William & Mary Law Review (2025).
Judges and the Regulatory State: Trends of Resistance and Restraint, Law & Contemporary Problems (2024).
Federal Rules of Private Enforcement, 108 Cornell Law Review 1639 (with David Noll) (2023).
The Oligarchic Courthouse: Jurisdiction, Corporate Power, and Democratic Decline, 122 Michigan Law Review 1 (with Helen Hershkoff) (2023).
The Promise and Perils of Private Enforcement, 108 Virginia Law Review (2022).
Neoliberal Civil Procedure, 12 U.C. Irvine Law Review 471 (2022).
The Workers' Constitution, 87 Fordham Law Review 1459 (2019).
The Parity Principle, 93 NYU Law Review 249 (2018).
Labor and the Origins of Civil Procedure, 92 NYU Law Review 462 (2017).
Constitutional Economics: Lochner, Labor, and the Battle for Liberty, 28 Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities 1 (2016).
Magazines/Trade PublicationsGoogle Employees are Leading the Way on Sexual Harassment Reform. The Rest of the Country Should Follow., (Slate News & Politics) (November 2018).
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In the News
Labor Law and Employment Law (Law to Fact Podcast)
Tue., Mar. 23, 2021 - Links