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.
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in the Washington Post about a judge’s ruling that the military’s male-only draft registration is unconstitutional.
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in a New York Times article about the end of the Navy’s traditional punishment of confining low-ranking sailors to bread and water.
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene R. Fidell is quoted in an ABC News story about a tweet sent by President Trump that could compromise the case against an ex-Green Beret charged with murder.
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in an article about attempts to hold the military accountable in medical malpractice cases.
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)