B.A., 1994, YALE UNIVERSITY M.PHIL., 1996, OXFORD UNIVERSITY D.PHIL., 1999, OXFORD UNIVERSITY J.D., 2002, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Professor Kahn joined the SMU Law faculty in 2006. He teaches and writes on American constitutional law, Russian law, human rights, and counterterrorism. In 2007-2008, he received the Maguire Teaching Fellow Award from the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility at SMU for his seminar, “Perspectives on Counterterrorism.” In 2008-2009, he was named a Colin Powell Fellow of the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies. In 2010, he received SMU’s Outstanding Faculty Award, a university-wide award given each year to a junior, tenure-track faculty member for excellence in teaching, curricular development, and scholarship. In 2011, he received the Law School's Excellence in Teaching Award. He is also a member of the founding Advisory Board for the SMU Human Rights Education Program.
Professor Kahn's current research focuses on the right to travel and national security. His book on the U.S Government's No Fly List will be published by the University of Michigan Press in 2012. His first book was published by Oxford University Press while he was a law student as Federalism, Democratization, and the Rule of Law in Russia (2002). During law school, he also served as a lecturer on European human rights law at summer training programs in Moscow for Russian lawyers sponsored by the Council of Europe. Following graduation, he was a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas P. Griesa of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Professor Kahn served as a trial attorney in the Civil Division, United States Department of Justice from October 2003 until April 2006. In 2005, he was briefly detailed to the Criminal Division to conduct research in Russia on Russian criminal procedure for the Justice Department's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training.
International Travel and the U.S. Constitution, 56 UCLA Law Review 271-350 (2008).
Zoya's Standing Problem, or, When Should the Constitution Follow the Flag? 108 Michigan Law Review 673-725 (2010).
Ten Questions on National Security (invited contribution), 36 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. J. of the Nat’l Security Forum 5041-5060 (2010).
No-Limit Texas Hold’em, or, The Voir Dire in Dallas County, 13 Green Bag 2D 383-97 (2010).
The Extraordinary Mrs. Shipley: How the United States Controlled International Travel before the Age of Terrorism, 43 Conn. L. Rev. 819-888 (2011) (Selected for Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum, 2010).
The Case of Colonel Abel, 5 Journal of National Security Law & Policy (forthcoming 2011).
The Unification of Law in the Russian Federation (with A. Trochev & N. Balayan), 25 Post-Soviet Affairs 310-46 (Oct.-Dec. 2009).
Vladimir Putin & the Rule of Law in Russia, 36 Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law 511-58 (2008) (lead article) (quoted in New York Times editorial, Russia’s Dictatorship of Law, Nov. 21, 2010, Week in Review Section, p. 7).
Russia’s Criminal Procedure Code Five Years Out, (with William Burnham) in 33 Review of Central & East European Law 1-93 (2008) (lead article).
The Search for the Rule of Law in Russia, 37 Georgetown Journal of International Law 353-409 (2006).
Russia’s ‘Dictatorship of Law’ and the European Court of Human Rights, 29 Review of Central & East European Law 1-14 (2004) (lead article).
Russian Compliance with Articles Five & Six of the European Convention of Human Rights as a Barometer of Legal Reform & Human Rights in Russia, 35 Michigan Journal of Law Reform 641-94 (2002).
The Parade of Sovereignties: Establishing the Vocabulary of the New Russian Federalism, 16 Post-Soviet Affairs 58-89 (2000).
Federalism, Democratization and the Rule of Law in Russia Oxford University Press, 2002. (Read sample reviews of this book at the “Other” subheading, below)
“The Rule-of-Law Factor,” in Institutions, Ideas and Leadership in Russian Politics 159-83 (J. Newton & Wm. Tompson eds., Palgrave Macmillan, 2010). “Adversarial Principles and the Case File in Russian Criminal Procedure,” in Russia and The Council of Europe: Ten Years After 107-33 (K. Malfliet & S. Parmentier eds., Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).
Presentation of Jeffrey Kahn, in F. Joseph Dresen & Wm. E. Pomeranz, eds., The Russian Constitution at Fifteen: Assessments & Current Challenges to Russia’s Legal Development, Occasional Paper #304 (Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2010).
«Комментарий,» Верховенство права и проблемы его обеспечения в правоприменительной практике (Москва: Издательство «Статут», 2009) [(Invited) Commentary, The Supremacy of Law and Problems of its Guarantee in Practical Legal Application (Moscow: Publishing House “Statut,” 2009].
“Putin's Federal Reforms: A Legal-Institutional Perspective,” in Markku Kivinen & Katri Pynnöniemi eds., Beyond the Garden Ring: Dimensions of Russian Regionalism (Helsinki: Kikimora, 2002).
“What Is The New Russian Federalism?” in Archie Brown (ed.), Contemporary Russian Politics: A Reader Oxford University Press, 2001.
Commentator to presentation by the Honorable Pius Langa, retired Chief Justice of the South African Constitutional Court, Symposium on the South African Constitutional Court, SMU Dedman School of Law, May 12, 2011.
Presentation at SMU Ethics Colloquy, entitled “Pretextualism,” April 13, 2011.
Presentation at Stanford Law School, entitled “Mrs. Shipley’s Ghost: The Right to Travel and the Challenge of Terrorism,” March 30, 2011.
Invited Presenter, Panel on “National Security Law: Terrorism, International Travel, and Cybersecurity,” at the conference “Liberty Through the Rule of Law,” 2011 J. Reuben Clark Law Society Conference, Southern Methodist University, February 18, 2011.
Presentation at the Lewis & Clark School of Law, entitled “Mrs. Shipley’s Ghost: The Right to Travel and the Challenge of Terrorism,” February 15, 2011.
Invited Presenter, “The Case of Colonel Abel,” at the conference “Russian Law at the Cross-roads: Legal Theory, Practice and Scholarship in Contemporary Russia,” at the Faculty of Law and Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland, Oct. 28-29, 2010.
Presentation at the University of Wisconsin School of Law, entitled “International Travel, National Security, and the U.S. Constitution,” October 15, 2010.
Public Lecture, “The Case of Colonel Abel: What the Prosecution of a Master Soviet Spy Teaches about American and Russian Criminal Justice,” Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, University of Wisconsin, Oct. 14, 2010.
Invited Speaker, “The Case of Colonel Abel,” Madison Council on Foreign Relations, Madison, Wisconsin, Oct. 14, 2010.
Guest Lecturer on the European Court of Human Rights in Professor Kathryn Hendley’s course, “Comparative Law” (Law 818), University of Wisconsin School of Law, Oct. 14, 2010.
Invited Presenter for Plenary Session, “The Case of Colonel Abel,” at the conference “Criminal Justice: Connections Through Time,” Herzen State Pedagogical University, St. Petersburg, Russia, Oct. 6-8, 2010.
Invited Presenter, Michigan State Jr. Faculty Workshop, “The Extraordinary Mrs. Shipley: How the United States Controlled International Travel before the Age of Terrorism,” Michigan State University, Oct. 1, 2010.
Invited Presenter, Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum, Yale Law School, June 18-19, 2010.
Organizer and Moderator, “Russia, Europe, and Human Rights,” a symposium honoring Karinna Moskalenko, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, May 14, 2010.
Invited Panelist, “Russia’s Expanding Engagement with International Law in Trade, Human Rights, and Energy Investments,” The Harriman Institute, Columbia University, New York, April 23, 2010.
Discussant, 3rd Annual National Security Law Workshop, Univ. of Texas School of Law, Austin, April 2, 2010.
Invited Panelist, "From 9-11 Through Guantanamo, Iraq, and Afghanistan: Recent Developments in National Security Law," Appellate Judges Education Institute 2009 Summit, Orlando, Florida, November 20, 2009.
Invited Panelist, Roundtable on Law and Politics in Contemporary Russia, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, 41st National Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, November 14, 2009.
Presentation to Delegation of Jurists, Government Officials, Scholars and Private Citizens of the Republic of Indonesia, on "Federalism in American and Comparative Perspective," Rule-of-Law Forum at SMU Dedman School of Law, October 2, 2009.
Invited Participant, 3rd International Roundtable on the Supremacy of Law, Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2009.
Presentation at Willamette University College of Law entitled “Zoya’s Standing Problem, or, When Should the Constitution Follow the Flag?” Salem, Oregon, Apr. 14, 2009.
Presentation at SMU Dedman School of Law Faculty Forum, entitled “Zoya’s Standing Problem, or, When Should the Constitution Follow the Flag?” SMU Dedman School of Law, Apr. 1, 2009.
Presentation entitled “Russian Federalism at Fifteen,” as part of the conference “The Russian Constitution at Fifteen: Assessments and Current Challenges to Russia's Legal Development,” at the Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Mar. 19, 2009.
Presentation as Lead National Reporter, "The Unification of Law in the Russian Federation,” part of the general report “National Unification of Laws in Federal Systems," Thematic Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, Mexico City, Nov. 13, 2008.
Public Lecture at the University of Oklahoma for the Presidential Dream Course Program entitled "The Rule of Law in Russia," Norman, Oklahoma, Nov. 6, 2008.
Presentation at University of Minnesota Law School Works-in-Progress Forum entitled "International Travel, National Security, and the Constitution in War and Peace," Minneapolis, Minnesota, Oct. 16, 2008.
Presentation at Villanova School of Law entitled “International Travel and the Constitution,” Villanova, Pennsylvania, Oct. 3, 2008.
Radio interview on "NPR Morning Edition," KERA Public Radio, Sept. 23, 2008 ("Supporters Rally Outside Holy Land Foundation Courthouse").
Radio interview on "NPR Morning Edition," KERA Public Radio, Sept. 22, 2008 ("Opening Arguments Presented in Holy Land Foundation Retrial").
Television interview on Evening Edition of "Fox 4 News," KDFW-TV, June 12, 2008 ("Body Scanning Begins at D/FW Airport").
Presentation at the 2008 Joint Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association and the Canadian Law and Society Association, entitled “International Travel and the U.S. Constitution During the War on Terror,” Montreal, May 30, 2008.
Presentation to Delegation of Jurists, Government Officials, Scholars and Private Citizens of the Republic of Indonesia, on "The United States Department of Justice & American Efforts to Combat Transnational Crime, Organized Crime, & Terrorism," Rule-of-Law Forum at SMU Dedman School of Law, May 25, 2008.
Presentation at the National Security Law Junior Faculty Workshop, entitled "International Travel and the U.S. Constitution," Wake Forest University School of Law, May 23, 2008.
Lecture entitled "Vladimir Putin, Dmitrii Medvedev, and the Rule of Law in Russia," at the Dallas Bar Association, International Law Section, May 20, 2008.
Invited Participant, 3rd Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop, University of Michigan Law School, May 15-16, 2008.
Lecture entitled "The Rule of Law and its Implications for Russia," at the Society of International Business Fellows Dallas Briefing, SMU Dedman School of Law, May 5, 2008.
Public Lecture entitled "Vladimir Putin and the Rule of Law" at the Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Apr. 17, 2008.
Presentation at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities, entitled “International Travel and the U.S. Constitution During the War on Terror,” Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley, California, Mar. 28, 2008.
Presentation at Texas Wesleyan School of Law Faculty Colloquium, entitled "International Travel and the U.S. Constitution during the War on Terror," Ft. Worth, Texas, Feb. 19, 2008.
Presentation at SMU Dedman School of Law Faculty Forum, entitled "International Travel and the U.S. Constitution during the War on Terror," SMU Dedman School of Law, Feb. 14, 2008.
Presentation at AALS National Conference, Section on International Human Rights Law, entitled "Thoughts Toward Protection of a Right to International Travel," New York, Jan. 6, 2008.
Review of Federalism, Democratization and the Rule of Law in Russia by William E. Butler, 100 Michigan Law Review 1444-52 (2002) (“... I have not seen a better account, or a more perceptive one, in any language. ... Kahn’s study is the best and the most thoughtful account available of the early experience.”);
Review of Federalism, Democratization and the Rule of Law in Russia by Donald Hancock, 64 Slavic Review 208-09 (2005) ("Jeffrey Kahn brings an exemplary combination of academic expertise to this meticulously researched and comprehensive analysis of the three overarching themes of Russian political development encapsulated in the title of his book. ... The editors at Oxford University Press would be well advised to establish a web site linked to the book that would enable Kahn to extend his analysis to include continuing territorial challenges to Russian federalism, Putin’s reelection, and his assault on bureaucrats as his next reform initiative.").