Associate Professor of Law.
Professor Kovacs is a cum laude
graduate of Yale University and the Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to joining the Rutgers faculty in 2011,
she spent 12 years in the U.S. Department of
Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division, Appellate Section. She wrote more than 100 appellate and Supreme Court briefs and argued more
than 60 appeals in all 13 of the federal circuit courts of appeals,
twice en banc, and in three state
supreme courts. Her cases covered a wide range of areas including
environmental, administrative, and constitutional law, both civil and
criminal. Professor Kovacs also spent three years litigating primarily
constitutional claims as an attorney in the Baltimore City Law Department, and
she clerked for the Honorable Robert C. Murphy, former Chief Judge of the
Maryland Court of Appeals. Professor Kovacs teaches Natural
Resources and Administrative Law. She
writes about the Administrative Procedure Act and the intersection between
species preservation and religious freedom. Her publications include "Leveling
the Deference Playing Field" (Oregon Law Review) and
"A History of the Military
Authority Exception in the Administrative Procedure Act"
(Administrative Law Review).
