Criminal Defense Program DirectorProfessor of LawAreas of ExpertiseClinical Education, Criminal Law, Forensic Sciences, EthicsEducationJ.D. Drake UniversityB.A. Drake University ExperiencePolk County Public Defender's OfficeCo-Director of Volunteers in Probation Selected Publications"The Not-So-Risky Business of High-End Escorts and the Internet in the 21st Century, XVII" Richmond Journal of Law and Technology 3 (2010)"Postville, a Postmortem" Rutgers Journal of Race and Law (forthcoming 2011). Iowa Practice, Volume 4, Criminal Law, West "Teaching Gideon-The Development and Challenges of a Criminal Defense Program" 7 T.M.Cooley J.Prac.& Clinical L. 111 "The Constitution, Compensation and Competence," 27 American Journal of Criminal Law 1 "The Objective Mind and Search Incident to Citation," 8 Boston University Public Interest Journal 281 Significant AccomplishmentsIowa Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Iowa Rules of EvidenceIowa Supreme Court Advisory Committee for the Rules of Criminal Procedure Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board Iowa Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, founding member and President Quoted in NPR, Los Angles Times, Associated Press, Newsday, USA Today, and Des Moines Register |
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