Cristina M. Rodríguez

Cristina María Rodríguez (born February 3, 1973) is the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at Yale Law School, the school's first tenured Hispanic professor. Prior to joining the faculty at Yale, Rodríguez was the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel within the United States Department of Justice. After earning her JD, she clerked for David S. Tatel of the U.S. Court of Appeals and Sandra Day O'Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Cristina M. Rodríguez
Born (1973-02-03) February 3, 1973
San Antonio, Texas, US
Academic background
EducationBA, History, 1995, Yale College
MLitt, Modern History, 1998, University of Oxford
JD, 2000, Yale Law School
ThesisEngendering an American awakening: a study of the transatlantic network of women abolitionists and the development of anti-slavery ideology in the U.S., 1835-1860 (1998)
Academic work
InstitutionsYale Law School
United States Department of Justice
New York University School of Law

Early life and education

Rodríguez was born on February 3, 1973[1] in San Antonio, Texas.[2] She was raised in a bilingual household before enrolling at Yale College for her Bachelor of Arts degree in history. Following her undergrad, Rodríguez travelled to England where she became a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford while earning her Master of Letters in Modern History. She eventually returned to the United States where she enrolled at Yale Law School for her Juris Doctor and also served as articles editor of the Yale Law Journal.[3] Upon graduating from Yale, Rodríguez became a Reginald F. Lewis Fellow at Harvard Law School during the 2001–02 academic year.[4]

Career

Prior to joining the faculty at New York University School of Law (NYU) in 2004, Rodríguez clerked for David S. Tatel of the U.S. Court of Appeals and Sandra Day O'Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court.[3] In 2008, Rodríguez joined the Council on Foreign Relations as a five-year term member[5] and later received tenure from NYU.[6]

From 2011 until 2013, Rodríguez was the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel within the United States Department of Justice. In January 2013, Rodríguez left her position as the Deputy Assistant Attorney General to become Yale Law School's first tenured Latino faculty member.[7] The following year, she was named as the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law.[8]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in North America, Rodríguez was recognized by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences for her accomplishments.[9] She was also named as a member of Agency Review Teams during the presidential transition of Joe Biden.[10]

Selected publications
  • Negotiating Conflict through Federalism (2014)
  • Immigration, Civil Rights, and the Evolution of the People (2013)
  • Constraint through Delegation (2010)
  • The President and Immigration Law (2009, 2020)
  • The Significance of the Local in Immigration Regulation (2008)

References
  1. "Rodríguez, Cristina M., 1973-". id.loc.gov. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  2. "Cristina Rodriguez". lapietradialogues.org. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  3. "Introducing Cristina Rodríguez". law.nyu.edu. 2004. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  4. "Current and Former Lewis Fellows". hls.harvard.edu. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  5. "An Award-Winning Season". law.nyu.edu. 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  6. "NYU Welcomes Three New Tenured Professors" (PDF). law.nyu.edu. The Commentator. January 21, 2009. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  7. Bass, Carole (January 10, 2013). "Cristina Rodriguez '95, '00JD: new face at—and of—the Law School". yalealumnimagazine.com. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  8. "Cristina Rodriguez appointed the Surbeck Professor of Law". news.yale.edu. December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  9. "Cristina Rodríguez Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences". law.yale.edu. April 24, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  10. "Garcia, Rodriguez, Williams Named to Agency Review Teams for Biden-Harris Transition". ctbythenumbers.news. November 12, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
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