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Lissa Griffin, Professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law

Lissa Griffin

Professor of Law
Elisabeth Haub School of Law
Comparative Law
Criminal Justice
Human Rights
Lawyering
Litigation
Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics

Lissa Griffin

White Plains
Preston Hall 320 |
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Biography

Professor Lissa Griffin is an expert in Criminal Procedure, Professional Ethics and Evidence from both domestic and comparative perspectives. In 2022, she was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Malaga Faculty of Laws in Malaga, Spain and is currently a Visiting Professor at Birmingham City University Faculty of Laws in Birmingham, UK. Prof. Griffin has written and presented extensively on professional ethics and on wrongful convictions and comparative criminal procedure..

Education

  • BA, University of Michigan
  • Law Clerkship 1973–1977

Selected Publications

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  • Comparative Judicialism, Popular Sovereignty, and the Rule of Law: The US and UK Supreme Courts, 77 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. Online 323 (2021) (with Thomas Kidney)
  • International Legal Cooperation and the Principle of Equality among Nations, 23 (13) Juris Poiesis 576 (2020)
  • Judging During Crises: Can Judges Protect the Facts? 50 Chi. Loyola L. Rev. 857 (2019) (symposium issue in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Chicago 7 trial)
  • , 30 Georgetown J. Leg. Ethics 301 (Spring 2017) (with Ellen R. Yaroshefsky)
  • , 4 British J. Amer. Legal Studies 619 (2015)
  • , 21 William & Mary Bill of Rts. J. 1153 (2013)
  • , 56 N.Y.L.S. L. Rev. 969 (2012)
  • New York Evidence with Objections (NITA) (2018) (with Michael B. Mushlin)
  • The Law School Experience: Law, Legal Reasoning, and Lawyering (2000) (with Bennett L. Gershman)
  • Multidefendant Criminal Cases: Federal Law and Procedure (West Group 1998) (with Stacy Caplow)

Honors & Awards

Fulbright Scholar, University of Malaga, Malaga Spain (2022)

Areas of Interest

Criminal Procedure, Comparative Criminal Procedure, Professional Ethics, Evidence, Comparative Ethics, Comparative Evidence, Law and Science

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Faculty and Staff

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