Rosa Hayes
Assistant Professor of Law
Education
Yale University, MA 2017
Yale Law School, JD 2020
Bio
Professor Rosa Hayes joined the Northeastern Law faculty in 2025 as assistant professor of law. Her research explores how the different branches and levels of government administer or obstruct public administration, with particular focus on public programs to mitigate climate change and the role of courts in mediating competing claims of sovereignty. Professor Hayes previously served for two years as a clinical fellow with the Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School, where she co-taught the clinical seminar and supervised students in the practice of environmental law. Previously, she served as a law clerk for Judge Kermit V. Lipez of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and Chief Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford of the US District Court for the District of Vermont.
Professor Hayes graduated from Yale Law School in 2020, where she was a member of the Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic, the Yale Environmental Law Association, the Yale Urban Law & Policy Society and the Yale Law Journal. Before law school, Rosa received a BA in economics from Wesleyan University and an MA in economics from Yale, and worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Fields of Expertise
- Administrative Law
- Civil Procedure
- Climate Change
- Constitutional Law
- Federal Jurisdiction
- Litigation
- State/Local Government
Selected Works
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- “Venue Diversion,” 2025 Wisconsin Law Review 147 (2025).
- “Obsolescent Preemption,” 103 Texas Law Review 319 (2024).
- “Decolonizing Equal Sovereignty,” 29 William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice 355 (2023).
- “Silver Linings in the 9th Circuit’s Juliana Decision,” LegalPlanet (May 11, 2020) (co-author).
- “The Constitution, COVID-19, and Growing Healthcare Disparities in U.S. Territories,” American Constitution Society: Expert Forum Blog (Apr. 28, 2020) (co-author).
- “Is the Pardon Power Unlimited?,” Just Security (February 28, 2020) (co-author).
- “Executive Privilege Cannot Block Bolton’s Testimony,” Just Security (January 27, 2020) (co-author).
- “Attribution Error in Economic Voting: Evidence from Trade Shocks,” 53 Economic Inquiry 258 (2015) (co-author).
