Adjunct Assistant Professor
Political Science
Pre-Law Advisor for the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences
Patrick Sobkowski serves as the Pre-Law Advisor for the Klinger College of Arts and Sciences. He teaches courses on, among other topics, American constitutional law, and court and public policy. Professor Sobkowski’s research focuses on administrative law, the separation of powers, and American Political Development. Specifically, he is interested the presidency, Congress, and their relationship to the American state. Professor Sobkowski is also interested in the Supreme Court and its broader role throughout history in the development of American democracy. Prof. Sobkowski earned his J.D. from the University of Dayton School of Law. Following law school, he served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Norah McCann King of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Education
J.D., University of Dayton, 2021
Courses Taught
POSC 4241 | American Constitutional Law and Development
Publications
Patrick J. Sobkowski, Of Major Questions and Nondelegation, Yale Journal on Regulation: Notice & Comment (July 3, 2023), https://www.yalejreg.com/nc/of-major-questions-and-nondelegation-by-patrick-j-sobkowski/
Patrick J. Sobkowski, Consistent with the Letter and Spirit: Seila Law v. CFPB and the Future of Presidential Removal Power, 47 U. Dayton L. Rev. 163 (2022).
Patrick J. Sobkowski, A Matter of “Principal”: A Critique of the Federal Circuit’s Decision in Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew, Inc. 98 Wash. U. L. Rev. Online 4 (2021).
Patrick J. Sobkowski, Review of Jesse Tarbert’s When Good Government Meant Big Government (2021), Liberal Currents, (April 28, 2022), https://www.liberalcurrents.com/moderate-reformers-and-the-american-administrative-state-jesse-tarberts-when-good-government-meant-big-government/