Landyn Rookard

Professor Landyn Rookard joined the faculty in 2022 and currently holds the Edward J. Womac, Jr. Distinguished Professorship. He previously taught administrative law as an adjunct professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, where he also earned his law degree summa cum laude.

After graduating from law school, Professor Rookard clerked for Chief Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson and U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark J. Dinsmore, both of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Before joining academia, he practiced privacy law, telecommunications law, and civil litigation and arbitration as counsel at a Washington, D.C. law firm and served as a staff attorney at the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

Informed by his practical experience with federal agencies and litigation, Professor Rookard’s research focuses on governmental fairness, accountability, and transparency. Professor Rookard’s latest scholarship identifies and proposes safeguards against the growing threats posed by artificial intelligence and algorithmic governance. This includes The Common Threats of Artificial Intelligence and Privatization, 12 Texas A&M Law Review 831 (2025), and Inherently Human Functions, 100 Tulane Law Review 777 (2026). His third article addressing these novel challenges, Digital Personhood and the Immutability of Change, will be published in volume 79 of the Oklahoma Law Review.

Professor Rookard has also authored and coauthored articles on administrative procedure and fairness in the Maryland Law Review, Administrative Law Review, and elsewhere. He is a coauthor of the fourth edition of the Administrative Law hornbook (West Academic Publishing 2023) and is currently working on the forthcoming fifth edition, scheduled for publication in 2027-2028. His scholarship has been cited in judicial opinions, court briefs, and articles published in leading law journals.