Professor of Law
Ivan.Bodensteiner@valpo.edu
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Education

J.D., University of Notre Dame (1968)
B.A., Loras College (1965)

Courses Taught & Research Interests

Constitutional Law; Evidence; Civil Rights

Scholarly Works

The Supreme Court as the Major Barrier to Racial Equality, Rutgers L. Rev. (2008)

An Expressive Theory of the Establishment Clause, Penn St. L. Rev. (2007)

The Implications of Psychological Research Related to Unconscious Discrimination and Implicit Bias in Proving Intentional Discrimination, Mo. L. Rev. (2007)

The Demise of the First Amendment as a Guarantor of Religious Freedom, 27 Whittier L. Rev. 415 (2005) Westlaw | Lexis

Review of David E. Bernstein’s You Can’t Say That!—The Growing Threat to Civil Liberties from Antidiscrimination Laws, 31 J.C. & U.L. 437 (2005) Westlaw

State and Local Government Civil Rights Liability (1987). [Four-volume treatise, with annual supplement][co-authored with Rosalie B. Levinson][annual supplements and significant updates and revisions since 2003]

Distinctions & Awards

Swygert Research Fellow