Professor Richard Katskee
Richard Katskee is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and director of Duke’s Appellate Litigation Clinic. He previously served as Vice President and Legal Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, litigating major First Amendment cases nationwide. Richard also spent many years in the Supreme Court & Appellate practice at Mayer Brown and worked in the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, helping shape federal anti-discrimination policy in schools and universities.
He has taught First Amendment law and ethics at American University and Harvard, is an elected member of the American Law Institute, and has advised major Restatement projects. Richard has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and courts across the country.
He earned his J.D. from Yale, an A.M. in political science from Harvard, and an A.B. with highest distinction from the University of Michigan.