Rothschild received a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, an M.A. from Yeshiva University in Jewish philosophy, a PhD in Religion & Jewish Studies from New York University and a B.A. from Binghamton University. Professor Rothschild also received his Rabbinic Ordination from the Ariel Institute Rabbinical School of Jerusalem. He most recently was a Bigelow Teaching Fellow and lecturer in law at The University of Chicago Law School and his expertise is in the First Amendment, anti-discrimination law and law and religion.