Katherine A. Macfarlane

Professor Katherine Macfarlane received her B.A., magna cum laude, from Northwestern University, and her J.D., cum laude, from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. Preceding her appointment at the College of Law, she taught Civil Rights Litigation, Disability Rights and Legal Writing at LSU’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center.Professor Macfarlane has also worked as an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the New York City Law Department’s Special Federal Litigation Division, and as an associate at Quinn Emanuel. She clerked for the Honorable Frederick J. Martone, District of Arizona, and for the Honorable Arthur Alarcon, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Her scholarship focuses on federal civil procedure as well as civil rights litigation. Professor Macfarlane also volunteers as a patient advocate for the Global Health Living Foundation, and blogs for the website “Creaky Joints,” an online community supporting patients with joint-related autoimmune diseases. She testified in support of a patient safety bill related to biosimilar medication at the Louisiana Legislature, and participated in a Congressional Arthritis Caucus briefing in Washington, D.C. as the panel’s patient representative.