B.A. (Philosophy), Queens College, City University of New York, 1965
Courses Taught
Admiralty Law
American Indian Tribal Law
Disasters
Guantanamo
Military Justice
Federal Indian Law
Law of the Sea
The Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
Habeas Corpus
Russo-Ukrainian War
Eugene R. Fidell is a Visiting Lecturer at Yale Law School. In addition, he is of counsel at the Washington, D.C., firm Feldesman Leifer LLP, where his practice focuses on military law. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard following graduation from Harvard Law School, and co-founded the National Institute of Military Justice. His books include Military Justice: Cases and Materials and Military Justice: A Very Short Introduction. He has edited the Global Military Justice Reform blog since 2014 and has taught at Yale, Harvard, NYU, and the University of Virginia.
Senior Research Scholar in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in the New York Times about the Biden administration’s efforts to overhaul the way the military handles sexual assault cases.
Eugene R. Fidell is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School. Rachel E. VanLandingham, a professor of law at Southwestern Law School, is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and former military attorney.
Senior research scholar Eugene Fidell is quoted in Vice about The Orders Project, a legal advice network founded to assist military personnel who might question the legality of the orders they are given.
Eugene R. Fidell is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School. Dennis Aftergut is a former federal prosecutor and chief assistant city attorney in San Francisco, now of counsel at the Renne Public Law Group.
Senior Research Scholar Eugene Fidell is quoted in a Roll Call story about the 2021 NDAA Bill that contains new protections for sexual assault victims in the military.
Military Justice Cases and Materials (4th ed. 2023) (co-author)
Military Court Rules of the United States (9th ed. 2023) (co-author)
Guide to the Rules of Practice and Procedure for the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (22d ed. 2023) (co-author)
Military Justice: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2016)
Recent Law Review Articles
"Military Justice and Modernity," 68 Villanova L. Review 737 (2024) (with James A. Young)
"The Case for Termination of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces," 23 J. App. Practice & Proc. 263 (2023)
"Equal Supreme Court Access for Military Personnel: An Overdue Reform," 131 Yale L.J.F., May 31, 2021 (with Philip D. Cave & Brenner M. Fissell)
"Military Justice Since 1950: A Pyrrhic Victory?," 11 J. Nat’l Sec. L. & Pol’y Online Supp. (Apr. 29, 2021)
"The Constitution of 1787: What’s Essential?," 67 Syracuse L. Rev. 605 (2017)
"Winding (Back) the Crazy Clock: The Origins of a Benchslap," 19 Green Bag 2d 387 (2016) (with Dwight H. Sullivan)
"Competing Visions of Appellate Justice for Indian Country: A United States Court of Indian Appeals or an American Indian Supreme Court," 40 Amer. Indian L. Rev. 233 (2016)
"An American Indian Supreme Court," 2 Amer. Indian L.J. 1 (2013)
"No Sanctuary for Dictators," 38 Yale J. Int’l L. Online 46 (2013)
