Ajay K. Mehrotra

• Legal History
• Taxation
• Legal Profession
• Legal Education
• Tax Policy

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

Professor of Law

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

2016 - Current

Affiliated Professor of History, 2017 – Present

Executive Director & Research Professor

American Bar Foundation

2015 - Current

Doctoral Fellow 2001 – 2003.

Professor of Law & Louis F. Niezer Faculty Fellow

Maurer School of Law, Indiana University Bloomington

2009 - 2016

Associate Dean for Research 2012 – 2015; Associate Professor of Law 2003 – 2009; Adjunct Professor of History 2003 – 2016; Affiliated Faculty, Ostrom Workshop on Political Theory & Policy Analysis 2011 – 2016; Co-Director, Center for Law, Society & Culture 2007 – 2011;

Visiting Scholar/Postdoctoral Fellow

American Academy of Arts & Sciences

2006 - 2007

Teaching Assistant, Departments of Economics and History

University of Chicago

1999 - 2003

Lecturer, Department of History (Winter 2000)

Associate, Structured Finance – Tax Products/Derivative Vehicles

J.P. Morgan

1994 - 1996

University of Chicago

Ph.D. (2003) | American History (United States)

1996 - 2003

Georgetown University Law Center

J.D. (1994)

Honors: Dean’s List, 1993-1994

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

B.A. (1991)

Honors: High Distinction in Economics; Class Honors, 1987-1991; Branstrom Freshman Prize (top 10% first-year class)

Pennsylvania State Bar

Member

Current

District of Columbia Bar

Member

Current

American Historical Association

Member

Current

American Society for Legal History

Member

Current

Law & Society Association

Member

Current

National Tax Association

Member

Current

Organization of American Historians

Member

Current

Social Science History Association

Member

Current

American Law Institute

Member

2021 - Current

Board of Directors, Law School Survey of Student Engagement

Member

2019 - Current

Board of Directors, Southern Educational Foundation

Member

2019 - Current

Fellows of the American College of Tax Counsel,

Member

2018 - Current

Law & History Review

Editorial Board Member

2013 - Current