John Rappaport studies criminal procedure and the criminal justice system. Within these fields, his work examines the boundaries and interaction between public forces and private ones, including liability insurers, “retail justice” companies, and the private defense bar. Much of John’s current research focuses on policing and police misconduct, including the effects on police behavior of collective bargaining rights, unionization, and regulation by insurance. John graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2006. He clerked for Judges Stephen Reinhardt and Paul Watford of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the US Supreme Court. He also practiced in the Capital Habeas Unit of the Los Angeles Federal Public Defender’s office and as a litigator at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP. He studied mathematics as an undergraduate, earning his degree with distinction from Stanford University. Before joining the faculty, John taught at the Law School as a Bigelow Fellow and Lecturer in Law.

Additional Context on Racial Justice Expertise. I study racial justice issues in the course of my academic research on criminal justice but they are not the principal focus of my research.

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