Steven J. Lindsay is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Columbus School of Law. He is also a Fellow at the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, and a Fellow at the Separation of Powers Institute. In addition to his academic work, Professor Lindsay maintains an active litigation practice as Of Counsel at Torridon Law PLLC.

Before joining the faculty, Professor Lindsay was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he specialized in appeals and critical motions. Professor Lindsay previously clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court of the United States and for Judge Thomas B. Griffith on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He also served in the Office of the Solicitor General at the United States Department of Justice as a Bristow Fellow assisting the federal government in matters pending before the Supreme Court.

Professor Lindsay’s scholarly and teaching interests are centered on public law subjects, including administrative law, legislation, evidence, civil procedure, and constitutional law. His student note on the Administrative Procedure Act won the Israel H. Peres Prize, awarded annually by the Yale Law School faculty for the best student publication appearing in the Yale Law Journal.

Professor Lindsay received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he served as an Articles & Essays Editor on the Yale Law Journal and as a teaching fellow in constitutional law for Professor Akhil Reed Amar. He received his A.B. in politics from Princeton University, where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Between college and law school, Professor Lindsay was a Teach For America corps member at Harlem Link Charter School in New York City and received an M.A.T. from Relay Graduate School of Education.