Nick DeBenedetto is a Litigation Fellow at the Institute for Justice. He returns to IJ after working as a Dave Kennedy Fellow in the summer of 2020.
Originally from central New Jersey, Nick earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Rutgers Law School–Camden, and his B.A., cum laude, in Economics from Villanova University. While in law school, he served as the State Constitutional Law Editor of the Rutgers University Law Review and President of the Rutgers–Camden Chapter of the Federalist Society.
Before coming back to IJ, Nick clerked for the Honorable Stephanie A. Mitterhoff of the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division. He also worked as a Legal Associate at the Cato Institute, and as a Litigation Fellow at the Pacific Legal Foundation.
Nick is a member of the New Jersey bar.