Sarah Lawsky, Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Stanford Clinton Sr. and Zylpha Kilbride Clinton Research Professor of Law, has been promoted to Vice Dean at Northwestern:
Lawsky’s promotion from Associate Dean of Academic Programs to Vice Dean allows her to provide strategic leadership across numerous areas of the Law School. “This promotion acknowledges Dean Lawsky’s tremendous work and the breadth of leadership that she has taken on this fall,” Osofsky said. “Her insights paired with the hard work needed to advance needed action are invaluable, and I am grateful for her leadership and our partnership.”
“I’m excited to continue the work that I’ve focused on previously, like curriculum and academic programs, and also for the opportunity to engage in new ways with the faculty, staff, and students, all of whom make Northwestern Pritzker Law the thriving community that it is,” Lawsky said. “I’m grateful to Dean Osofsky, and I am looking forward to working with her in my new role.”
Sarah’s recent tax articles include:
- Coding the Code: Catala and Computationally Accessible Tax Law, 75 SMU L. Rev. ___ (2022)
- Teaching Algorithms and Algorithms for Teaching, 25 Fla. Tax Rev. 587 (2021) (reviewed by Sloan Speck (Colorado) here)
- Form as Formalization, 16 Ohio St. Tech L.J. 114 (2020)
- Slices and Lumps in U.S. Income Taxation: A Reply to Lee Fennell, 71 U. Chicago L. Rev. Online (2020)
- Situating Tax Experimentation: A Response to Michael Abramowicz’s Tax Experimentation, 71 Fla. L. Rev. F. 76 (2020)



