Noah C. Chauvin, associate professor of law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, has accepted an invitation to become a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. The invitation-only honor recognizes outstanding dedication to the legal profession, with membership limited to 1% of licensed lawyers in each jurisdiction.
“Professor Chauvin’s scholarship engages challenging and consequential questions about government power and individual rights,” said Dean Anna E. Carpenter. “His experience in government and public interest law gives him a valuable perspective on those questions, and we are delighted to see his contributions recognized by his peers.”
The American Bar Foundation Fellows comprise a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty and legal scholars. Fellows are recommended by their peers and elected by the Foundation’s board. They support the American Bar Foundation, an independent research institute devoted to the empirical and interdisciplinary study of law and legal institutions.
Chauvin writes and teaches in the areas of First Amendment law, surveillance law and the production of legal scholarship. His recent publications examine federal surveillance authorities, constitutional rights, and congressional oversight of intelligence programs.
Before joining OU Law, Chauvin served on the faculty at Widener University Commonwealth Law School. His experience also includes serving as an attorney-adviser in the Intelligence Law Division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the General Counsel and as counsel in the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty and National Security Program.
Chauvin earned his law degree, summa cum laude, from William & Mary Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif, and his bachelor’s degree from SUNY Geneseo.