"The purpose of law school is to train ethical attorneys who can use the law to solve problems.  I take enormous satisfaction from helping my students become thoughtful, skilled professionals."

Professor Noah Chauvin teaches courses on legal methods and the First Amendment. His research focuses on issues related to the First Amendment, surveillance law, and the production of legal scholarship, and has appeared in (or is forthcoming from), among others, the American University Law Review, the South Carolina Law Review, the University of Richmond Law Review, and the California Law Review Online.

Prior to joining the Widener Law Commonwealth faculty, Professor Chauvin was a counsel in the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice and an attorney-advisor in the Intelligence Law Division of the Office of the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Professor Chauvin received his BA in English literature and biology from SUNY Geneseo, and his JD from William & Mary Law School. After graduating from law school, he was a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas C. Wheeler of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the Honorable Karen Spencer Marston of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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