Nathan A. Sales

Assistant Professor of Law

A.B., Miami University; J.D., Duke University

Professional Information

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Subjects Taught: Administrative Law, National Security Law
Curriculum Vitae: CV in PDF format
Area(s) of Expertise: Administrative Law, Homeland Security, Intelligence Law, Judicial Confirmation Process, National Security, Separation of Powers, Terrorism, War on Terror

Contact Information

Email: Send an email
Phone: 703-993-4420
Office: Room 424, Arlington Campus
Address: 3301 Fairfax Dr.
Arlington, VA 22201

Biographical Sketch

Nathan A. Sales is Assistant Professor of Law at the George Mason University School of Law. He teaches National Security Law and Administrative Law.

Before coming to George Mason, Sales was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He previously served as Counsel, then Senior Counsel, in the Office of Legal Policy at the U.S. Department of Justice. In 2002, he received the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service, the Justice Department's highest honor, for his role in drafting the USA PATRIOT Act.

Professor Sales was graduated from Duke Law School magna cum laude, where he joined the Order of the Coif and was Research Editor of the Duke Law Journal. He clerked for the Honorable David B. Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. From 2003 through 2005, he practiced at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Wiley Rein & Fielding. He was John M. Olin Fellow at the Georgetown University Law Center in 2005 and 2006.

An Ohio native, Sales is a member of the Virginia and District of Columbia bars.