Evan Zoldan
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, John W. Stoepler Professor of Law and Values
and Director of the legal institute of the great lakes
Office: LC 2007E
Campus Phone: 419.530.2864
Email: Evan.Zoldan@utoledo.edu
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Evan C. Zoldan researches legislation, administrative law, and state and local government
issues. His work on legislation questions whether Congress and state legislatures
may target named individuals for special treatment. His article on targeted legislation,ÌýThe Equal Protection Component of Legislative Generality, was selected for presentation at the Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum
to represent the category of Constitutional Law: Theoretical Foundations. His work
has been cited by both federal and state courts and in briefs, treatises, and scholarly
works. Professor Zoldan has appeared in the national media, including the Washington
Post, CNN, and Bloomberg Law. Professor Zoldan is a past chair of the Association
of American Law Schools Section on Legislation and Law of the Political Process.
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Professor Zoldan also serves as the Director of the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Law’s Legal Institute
of the Great Lakes, a multi-disciplinary research center that supports research, maintains
publications, and sponsors conferences on legal, economic, and social issues of importance
to the Great Lakes region.Ìý Professor Zoldan received his law degree, cum laude, from
Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as Notes & Articles Editor of Georgetown’s
Law & Policy in International Business journal. He received his B.A., summa cum laude,
from New York University, where he studied political philosophy. After law school,
Professor Zoldan served as law clerk to judges on the United States Court of Federal
Claims and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Before joining the faculty of
Toledo Law, he worked as an associate for Kirkland & Ellis LLP and as a trial attorney
for the United States Department of Justice.
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Courses Taught
Administrative Law
Civil Procedure
Health Care Fraud and Abuse Litigation
Individual Rights in the Original Constitution: The Forgotten Bill of Rights
Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibiltiy
Legislation
Casebook
State and Local Government in Federal System (9th ed. 2020) (with Mandelker, Wegner et al)
Publications
Using Interpretive Tools to Measure Judicial Ideology, - Ind. L. J. (forthcoming 2025).
, 65 William & Mary L. Rev. 1005 (2024).
110 Iowa Law Rev. Online 81 (2024).Ìý
, 101 Wash. U. Law Rev. 359 (2023).Ìý
, 54 U. Tol. Law Rev. 355 (2023).Ìý
, 13 U.C. Irvine Law Rev. 1399 (2023).
, Kentucky Law J. (2022).
, 59 Hous. L. Rev. 621 (2022).
, 169 U. Pa. L. Rev. Online 100 (2020).
, 21 Nev. L. J. 531 (2021).
, 50 Seton Hall L. Rev. 401 (2019).
, 78 Md. L. Rev. 415 (2019).
, 70 Stan. L. Rev. Online 135 (2018).
, 74 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 2133 (2017).
, 51 Richmond L. Rev. 489 (2017).
, Yale L. & Pol’y Rev. Inter Alia (9/7/2016).
, 2015 Wisc. L. Rev. 727 (2015).
, 47 Loyola U. Chicago L. J. 617 (2015).
, 98 Marquette L. Rev. 625 (2014).
16 Green Bag 2d 465 (2013).
, 14 N.Y.U. J. Legis. & Pub. Pol’y 163 (2011).
, 36 Pub. Con. L. J. 153 (2007).
, 38 Conn. L. Rev. 455 (2006).
, 34 Law & Pol’y Int’l Bus. 573 (2003).
