The Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation (POPLAR) Affiliated Researcher

Vanderbilt University Law School

Robert Mikos is one of the nation’s leading authorities on federalism, separation and powers, and drug law and policy. He has published, consulted, and lectured extensively on competing approaches to regulating drugs and the struggles among federal, state, and local officials for control of this quickly evolving policy domain. Mikos holds the LaRoche Family Chair in Law at Vanderbilt University Law School, where he teaches courses in federalism, constitutional law, and cannabis law and policy. Professor Mikos has also taught at the University of Michigan, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of California, Davis. He earned his A.B. cum laude from Princeton University and his J.D. summa cum laude from the University of Michigan. After graduation from law school, Mikos clerked for Chief Judge Michael Boudin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.