School of Law Welcomes Thorlin As New Faculty Member

University Relations

U of A School of Law welcomes Jack Thorlin as an assistant professor this fall. His expertise includes constitutional law, national security, antitrust, legislation and law and economics.

"Joining us during our centennial year, Professor Thorlin brings a wide range of legal experience, and his course offerings will enrich the law school's curriculum," said Dean Cynthia Nance.

Thorlin most recently worked for the Central Intelligence Agency in the Investigations and Strategic Counsel Group and taught as an adjunct professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center. He has extensive government experience, including serving as chief counsel for the Senate Republican Policy Committee and senior counsel for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform as well as the deputy staff director for the subcommittee on government operations. In addition, he served as counsel for the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.

He holds a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, where he served as editor and contributor for the Harvard National Security Journal and editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. Thorlin earned a bachelor's degree, cum laude, in mechanical engineering from Harvard University. His numerous publications focus on racial diversity, federal agencies and regulatory policy, and law and sampling theory.

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