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 at Auburn University, where he teaches courses in its ‘Law and Justice’ program and advises students interested in careers in the legal field. His published works focus on the broad intersection of law, religion, and education. He also writes extensively on legal and political theory, citizenship, legal education, antisemitism studies, and comparative law topics. 

Dr. Liberman came to Auburn after serving as the Paul and Marion Kuntz Scholar in Law and Religion at Emory University School of Law and its Center for the Study of Law and Religion, where he remains a Senior Fellow in Law and Religion.  Outside of teaching and research, Dr. Liberman has practiced as an attorney both in private practice and the public interest, held judicial clerkships, and served in leadership positions at different religious non-profit organizations. 

Publications

Book Projects:

1. Ariel Liberman, Law as Civic Education (Routledge (Series on Character and Virtue Education), Forthcoming 2025)
2. Ariel Liberman, Implementing Law as Civic Education (Palgrave MacMillan, Forthcoming 2025)

Law Review Articles:

1. Ariel 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).
2. Ariel Liberman, “It Takes a Village: Historic Religious Principles Behind ‘Public’ School Governance (1500-1700) and Why They Matter To Us Today,” 22 Rutgers J. L. & Religion 1 (2024).
3. Ariel 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)
4. Michael J. Broyde and Ariel 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).
5. Ariel Liberman, “Educational Permutations: The Church’s Canon Law as Inspiration for Changes to American Education Regulation,” 35 Regent U. L. Rev. 257 (2022).
6. Shlomo Pill and Ariel Liberman, “Roadmap to Reconciliation II: Ruminations on the Need for Integrity in Intellectual Interfaith Engagement,” 38 Touro L. Rev.  847 (2022).
7. J.R. Rothstein, Shlomo Pill and Ariel Liberman, “Roadmap to Reconciliation: An Institutional and Conceptual Framework for Jewish-Muslim Engagement,” 38 Touro L. Rev. 101 (2022).

Courses Taught

POLI 3600 – Federal Jurisdiction

POLI 2300 – Introduction to the Legal Profession