Faculty

Maggie Blackhawk

Assistant Professor of Law

Maggie (McKinley) Blackhawk (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe) teaches in the areas of constitutional law, federal Indian law, and legislation.  Her research combines empirical, theoretical, and historical methods to examine the structural representation and empowerment of minorities. Continue reading… Maggie (McKinley) Blackhawk (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe) teaches in the areas of constitutional law, federal Indian law, and legislation.  Her research combines empirical, theoretical, and historical methods to examine the structural representation and empowerment of minorities. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, Stanford Law Review, and Cambridge University Press. Blackhawk serves as co-principal investigator on an assortment of empirical projects studying lobbying and petitioning.  Prior to joining the faculty at Penn, Blackhawk practiced union-side labor law at Bredhoff & Kaiser. She also clerked for the Honorable Susan P. Graber for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Honorable Chief Judge James Ware of the Northern District of California.  Blackhawk earned a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a B.A. in linguistic anthropology from UCLA.  Prior to entering law school, Blackhawk worked for a number of years as a social science researcher on large-scale interdisciplinary projects.  Blackhawk also serves as a Senior Constitutional Advisor to the President of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. 
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