Peter Salovey President | Yale University
Peter Salovey President | Yale University
David Schleicher, an expert in local government law, land use, federalism, state and local finance, and urban development, has been appointed the Walter E. Meyer Research Professor of Property and Urban Law.
Schleicher has been a member of the Yale Law School faculty since 2015. His work has been published widely in academic journals and popular outlets. He recently released a new book, "In a Bad State: Responding to State and Local Fiscal Crises," which reviews the federal government’s responses to state and local budget crises. Additionally, he has co-authored leading casebooks on local government and property law.
He is also the co-host of the podcast “Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast.”
Schleicher has received significant praise from various scholars. Edward Glaeser from Harvard University described him as “the ideal legal scholar of cities.” Richard Ravitch ’58, the late lieutenant governor of New York, called him “the leading lawyer on state and city governments,” while Benjamin Wallace-Wells from The New Yorker referred to him as “one of the most brilliant and far-ranging political thinkers of his generation.”
Media outlets have also recognized Schleicher's contributions. National Review labeled him “the most important thinker we have on the subject of local government” and “ingenious,” while Washington Monthly named him one of the “most interesting writers on land use.” His work has been discussed extensively in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, National Affairs, and Reuters.
At Yale Law School, Schleicher teaches courses on local government law, state and local budget crises, procedure, and property law.
Before joining Yale Law School, Schleicher was an associate professor at George Mason University School of Law where he won the university’s Teaching Excellence Award. He has also taught at Georgetown University Law Center, Harvard Law School, and New York University School of Law.
Schleicher graduated from Harvard Law School in 2004. He holds an M.Sc. in economics from the London School of Economics and an AB in economics and government from Dartmouth College.
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