William Marshall

William (Bill) Marshall has joined Maine Law as a visiting professor. He previously taught at the University of North Carolina School of Law, where he served as the William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law from 2001 to 2026.

Professor Marshall’s teaching and research interests include the First Amendment, presidential power, election law, federal jurisdiction, federal judicial selection, civil procedure, and media law. Marshall teaches civil procedure at Maine Law.

He is the author of numerous book chapters, articles, and essays on free speech, separation of powers, the Establishment Clause, and the Free Exercise Clause. His scholarship has appeared in the Harvard Law Review, the Yale Law Journal, the Supreme Court Review, and the University of Chicago Law Review, among others.

Prior to his academic career, Marshall served as Deputy Counsel to the President and Deputy Assistant to the President during the Clinton Administration, and as Solicitor General for the State of Ohio. He began his legal career as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Minnesota.

In addition to his nearly twenty-five years on the Carolina Law faculty, Marshall has taught at Northwestern, Boston University, Vanderbilt, Ohio State, DePaul, Case Western Reserve, William & Mary, and the University of Connecticut law schools.

Marshall received his J.D. from the University of Chicago and his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania.  He is a native of Nashua, New Hampshire.