Ariel Liberman

Education

S.J.D (Ph.D. in Law), Law and Religion, Emory University School of Law, 2023

L.L.M, Law and Religion, Emory University School of Law, 2023

J.D., Boston University School of Law, 2018

B.A., English and American Literature, New York University, 2015

About Me

Dr. Ariel Liberman is Assistant Professor in Law and Legal Studies in the Department of Political Science, where he teaches in its ‘Law and Justice’ program and advises undergraduate and graduate students interested in the legal field. His publications concentrate on the broad intersection of law, religion, and education. He also writes extensively on legal and political theory, citizenship, antisemitism studies, and comparative law topics. His first book, Law as Civic Education, was published by Routledge in 2025. He is currently working on two new book projects: the first focuses on strengthening an argument for integrating law studies in K-12 school spaces, and the second explores important theoretical aspects of Jewish education and the Jewish law on education.

Prior to joining the faculty at Auburn, Dr. Liberman served as the Paul and Marion Kuntz Scholar in Law and Religion at Emory University School of Law’s Center for the Study of Law and Religion, where he still remains a Senior Fellow in Law and Religion.  Dr. Liberman has also practiced as an attorney and served in different leadership positions at religious and education non-profit organizations. 

Publications

Books:

Ariel J. Liberman and Gregory Mancini, Law Learning, Reimagined: Thoughts Toward a Legal Education Beyond the Law School (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, Forthcoming 2026)

Ariel J. Liberman, Law as Civic Education: Reimaging a K-12 Curriculum for Democratic Citizenship and Individual Character (London: Routledge, 2015)

Articles:

Ariel J. Liberman, “Jews, Judaism and Politics in Latin America,” in Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics in Latin America (ed. Dennis Petri) (London: Routledge, Forthcoming 2026).

Michael J. Broyde and Ariel Liberman, “The Antisemitic Assault on Jewish Rituals in Europe and America: A History of Jewish Oppression Through Law,” in Cambridge History of Antisemitism (ed. Steven Katz) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming 2026).

Michael J. Broyde and Ariel Liberman, “Chofetz Chaim (Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan),” Oxford Bibliographies (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2025).

Ariel J. Liberman and Michael J. Broyde, “Learning Law in Elementary and High School: Innovating Civics Education for a More Empowered Citizenry,” 19 Northwestern J. L. & Soc. Policy 264 (2024).

Ariel J. Liberman, “It Takes a Village: Historic Religious Principles Behind ‘Public’ School Governance (1500-1700) and Why They Matter Today,” 22 Rutgers J. L. & Religion 1 (2024).

Ariel J. Liberman and Douglas Waters, Jr., “Education Administration in Federal Indian Law: Learning from A Colonial Project Turned Tool of Liberation,” 11 Am. Indian L. J. 1 (2023)

Michael J. Broyde and Ariel J. Liberman, “Learning Law Young: Towards a More Robust, Impactful, and Ethical Civic Education Modeled Off of Jewish Law Learning,” 52 J. L. & Education 1 (2023).

Ariel J. Liberman, “Educational Permutations: The Church’s Canon Law as Inspiration for Changes to American Education Regulation,” 35 Regent U. L. Rev. 257 (2022).

Shlomo Pill and Ariel J. Liberman, “Roadmap to Reconciliation II: Ruminations on the Need for Integrity in Intellectual Interfaith Engagement,” 38 Touro L. Rev.  847 (2022).

J.R. Rothstein, Shlomo Pill and Ariel J. Liberman, “Roadmap to Reconciliation: An Institutional and Conceptual Framework for Jewish-Muslim Engagement,” 38 Touro L. Rev. 101 (2022).

Courses Taught

POLI 3360 – Federal Jurisdiction

POLI 2300 – Introduction to the Legal Profession