Catherine O’Grady teaches Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Professional Responsibility, and an upper-class seminar on the U.S. Supreme Court. Professor O’Grady’s current research focuses on constitutional law and law and social psychology. For example, in a recent article, "The Role of Speculation in Facial Challenges", Professor O’Grady offers a framework for analyzing constitutional facial challenges of novel state statutes before they go into effect in the state, and in another recent article, "Wrongful Obedience in the Professional Practice of Law, " Professor O'Grady applies social psychology principles on obedience to the professional work heirarchies and cultures in the practice of law.