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鈥檚 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. He is currently working on a book project, under contract with the University Press of Kansas, titled The Steel Seizure Case: The Development of Congressional and Presidential Power in Times of War.
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 2201 American Politics
- POSC 4241 American Constitutional Law and Development
- POSC 4251 Civil Rights and Liberties
- POSC 4276 Courts and Public Policy
- POSC 4299 The Politics of the 鈥淒eep State鈥�
- POSC 6954 Law, Courts, and Constitutionalism
Publications
Articles
- Patrick J. Sobkowski, The Enduring Crisis in Teaching Constitutional Law, 74 Emory L.J. Online 48 (2025)
- Patrick J. Sobkowski, The Unitary Executive and Politics, (Ohio Northern Law Review, forthcoming) (2025)
- Patrick J. Sobkowski, Of Major Questions and Nondelegation, Yale Journal on Regulation: Notice & Comment (July 3, 2023),
- 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 鈥淧rincipal鈥�: A Critique of the Federal Circuit鈥檚 Decision in Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew, Inc. 98 Wash. U. L. Rev. Online 4 (2021).
- Patrick J. Sobkowski, Review of Jesse Tarbert鈥檚 When Good Government Meant Big Government (2021), Liberal Currents, (April 28, 2022),
Works in Progress
- The Steel Seizure Case: The Development of Congressional and Presidential Power in Times of War (book project) (under contract with University Press of Kansas)
- 鈥淧residential Penumbras鈥�
- 鈥淩eactionary Separation of Powers鈥�
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