Criminal Law Practitioner

Moving Beyond Yoga: An Exploratory, Qualitative Study of Public Defenders’ Solutions for Improving Work-Life and Effective Assistance of Counsel

This study employs a thematic analysis of public defenders’ responses to open-ended questions concerning their lived experiences, motivations, and challenges, and their proposed solutions for improving their work-life balance and the criminal legal system.

Centering the People’s Voice in Teaching and Learning First-Year Criminal Law

This article proposes a people-centered approach to teaching first-year criminal law that elevates the people’s voice by using rap music to understand complex legal concepts. Incorporating rap music transforms the classroom and the practice of law to include those it has previously excluded and provides a people-centered means to expand legal education more broadly.

Vulnerable Fraudsters: Reverse Affinity Fraud in Cases of Public Hoaxes

This Article examines reverse affinity fraud, which is affinity fraud in the context of public hoaxes. In traditional affinity fraud the fraudster targets a vulnerable group, whereas in cases of public hoaxes the fraudster portrays herself as part of a vulnerable group and targets the well-meaning and sympathetic general public. This Article explores the mindset and...

Hostility is in the Eye of the Beholder: Why Congress Should Decriminalize Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment in the Military

In 2022, for the first time in American history, Congress enacted legislation criminalizing hostile work environment sexual harassment. More serious types of sexual harassment have long been criminal under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, but hostile work environment harassment is a civil wrong, not a crime, and should not have been made into one. Section 539D of the...

Junk Tales: Incorporating Drug Addicts

By Sara Schotland, Published on 01/01/19

Nolo Contendere Convictions: The Effect of No Confession in Future Criminal Proceedings

By Ramy Simpson, Published on 01/01/19

Epitaph for Pardon Based on the Purpose of Punishment

By Eva Carracedo Carrasco, Published on 01/01/19

From the Editor-In-Chief

Punished for Poverty

By Andrew Rock, Published on 01/01/19

The BB Gun: A Harmless Toy or Deadly Weapon? Practical Guidance for Objective Fact Finding in a Criminal Case

By Steven N. Gosney and John Zak, Published on 01/01/19

Criminalizing the Victim: Ending Prosecution of Human Trafficking Victims

By Jessica Aycock, Published on 01/01/19

From the Editor-In-Chief

"The Way I Felt": Creating A Model Statute to Address Sexual Offenses Which Utilize Virtual Reality

By Ryan Esparza, Published on 01/01/18

A Perfect Storm: New Mexico as a Case Study for Driving While Intoxicated and Driving Under the Influence Investigation and Persecution Post-Birchfield

By Cynthia Armijo, Published on 01/01/18

From the Editor-In-Chief

Body Worn Cameras With Facial Recognition Technology: When It Constitutes a Search

By Kelly Blount, Published on 01/01/17

We "Kent

By Summer Woods, Published on 01/01/17

Aggravated Disproportionality: The Merger Doctrine, Contemporaneous Felony Aggravators, and Intuitive Fairness

By Wes Dutcher-Walls, Published on 01/01/17

From the Editor-In-Chief

Terrorists on Appeal: An Exploratory Analysis of Terrorism Appeals Since 1988

By Wesley McCann, Published on 01/01/16

Child Sexual Abuse Victims and the Confrontation Clause

By Nichole Timmreck, Published on 01/01/16

On The Effects and History of Stand-Your-Ground Laws

By E. Dimitri Hasandras, Published on 01/01/16

Deconstructing the Crimeless Gender: Women's Prison Gangs

By Emma Burgess Roy, Published on 01/01/16

Campus Insecurity: Due Process, Proof, and Procedure in Campus Sexual Assault Investigations

By Travis Nemmer, Published on 01/01/16

Ohio v. Clark: The Primary Purpose of the Mandatory Reporting Provisions & Child Testimonial Statement in Relation to the Confrontation Clause

By Eun Jin Kim, Published on 01/01/16