Rachel Barkow | |
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Born | 1971 (age 52–53) |
Nationality | American |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Harvard University (JD) Northwestern University (AB) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Law |
Sub-discipline | Administrative law, criminal law |
Institutions | New York University School of Law |
Member of the United States Sentencing Commission | |
In office June 2013 – January 2019 | |
Preceded by | Beryl A. Howell |
Succeeded by | John Gleeson |
Rachel Elise Barkow (née Selinfreund; born 1971)[1] is an American professor of law at the New York University School of Law. She is also faculty director of the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law.[2] Her scholarship focuses on administrative and criminal law, and she is especially interested in applying the lessons and theory of administrative law to the administration of criminal justice. In 2007, Barkow won the Podell Distinguished Teaching Award at NYU.[3] In the fall of 2008, she served as the Beneficial Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.[3]