Matthew A. Pauley is chairman of the Department of Political Science and Legal Studies and director of the legal studies program at Manhattanville College, where he teaches Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, Criminal Law and Procedure, Common Law, Political Thought, and seminars relating law to history, literature, and philosophy.

A summa cum laude graduate of Williams College, Dr. Pauley received his J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School and both his M.A. and Ph.D. in government from Harvard University, where he taught undergraduates for over 10 years.

He is the author of numerous articles and three books – “The President’s Constitutional Oath” (University Press of America); “Criminal Law: Its Nature and Sources” (Griffon House); and most recently “Athens, Rome, and England: America’s Constitutional Heritage” (ISI), which was featured on the Manhattanville webpage.

Before joining the Manhattanville faculty in 2002, Dr. Pauley had almost 20 years of experience in college and law school teaching, and he has been the recipient of prizes and commendations for teaching excellence. The pre-law advisor for the school, Dr. Pauley is also advisor to the Pre-Law Honor Society and the Manhattanville Gilbert and Sullivan Players, for which he directs student-faculty comic operettas.

Criminal Procedure
Constitutional Law
Introduction to Common Law
Honors Seminar I
Criminal Law
Civil Liberties
Introduction to Political Thought
Honors Seminar II

Visiting Faculty

Suffolk University

Visiting Professor of Law

National University of Ireland Galway

Assistant Professor of Law

Southern New England School of Law

Adjunct Professor of Law

Southern New England School of Law

Post Doctoral Teaching Fellow

Harvard University

Instructor

Harvard University

Pre-Doctoral Teaching Fellow

Harvard University

J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School
Ph.D., Harvard University
Master of Arts, Harvard University
Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, with honors, Williams College