Lee Strang

Professor Lee J. Strang is a professor of law at Moritz College of Law and the inaugural Executive Director of the Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society at The Ohio State University.

A nationally recognized legal scholar, Strang has published dozens of articles in the fields of constitutional law and interpretation, property law, and religion and the First Amendment. He co-edits the casebook Federal Constitutional Law, and his most recent book, Originalism’s Promise: A Natural Law Account of the American Constitution (Cambridge University Press, 2019), is the first book-length, natural law justification for originalism. He currently is writing on civic thought and leadership, and he is finalizing a book on the history of American Catholic legal education (with John M. Breen). Strang’s scholarship has also appeared in leading journals including the Southern California Law Review, the Notre Dame Law Review, the North Carolina Law Review, and Constitutional Commentary.

Professor Strang is a frequent presenter at scholarly conferences and a regular participant in debates at law schools across the country, a contributor to the media, and a speaker to political, civic, and religious groups. He frequently contributes his expertise to local, national, and global media outlets, including ABC, Bloomberg Law, and Reuters.

Prior to joining Ohio State, Strang served as the John W. Stoepler Professor of Law & Values and director of the Institute of American Constitutional Thought & Leadership, at the University of Toledo. He was a visiting scholar at James Madison Program at Princeton University, and the Georgetown Center for the Constitution.

Prior to teaching, Professor Strang served as a judicial clerk for Judge Alice M. Batchelder of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He was also an associate for Jenner & Block LLP in Chicago, where he practiced in general and appellate litigation.

Strang is the chair of the Ohio Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Additionally, he is the president of the Board of Trustees of Northwest Ohio Classical Academy, Ohio’s first classical charter school.

Research interests:
Constitutional law and interpretation
Originalism
Classical education