Stephen R. McAllister

Prof. McAllister joined KU's School of Law in 1993 and was dean from 2000 to 2005. Prior to KU, he clerked for Justices Byron White and Clarence Thomas at the Supreme Court of the United States, and Judge Richard Posner at the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He also worked in private practice in Washington, D.C.

Prof. McAllister served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas from 2018 to 2021, and as the Solicitor General of Kansas from 2007 to 2018, assisting the attorney general's office with constitutional litigation, including briefing, arguing and winning for Kansas the case of Kansas v. Ventris (U.S. 2009). In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court appointed Prof. McAllister to defend the judgment in Bond v. United States, No. 09-1227. In that capacity, McAllister filed a merits brief and presented oral argument to the court. In 2013, Prof. McAllister assisted the Kansas Attorney General in Kansas v. Cheever​, which Kansas won 9-0 in the Supreme Court.

Learn more about Stephen McAllister on the School of Law website.