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 Law Review (2008) 

An Expressive Theory of the Establishment Clause, The Penn State Review (2007)

The Implications of Psychological Research Related to Unconscious Discrimination and Implicit Bias in Proving Intentional Discrimination, Missouri Law Review (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