Professor Macleod arrived at Cardozo in July 2025 from Brooklyn Law School where he taught courses in evidence, statutory interpretation, and torts. He was also the director of the law school’s Center for Law, Language, and Cognition. Prior to joining the Brooklyn Law faculty in 2019, Macleod was an associate in law at Columbia Law School and a law clerk for the Hon. Raymond J. Lohier, Jr. on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Professor Macleod also served as an associate at Williams & Connolly and at Gibson Dunn, where he performed extensive work with mock juries and jury consultants while litigating mass torts and white-collar criminal cases. He earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and his B.A. from the University of Michigan.