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Alafair S. Burke to Moderate New York City Bar’s Panel Discussion

April 17th, 2012
  Professor Alafair Burke, who has written extensively about prosecutorial decision making, has been invited by the New York City Bar to moderate "New Proposals to Regulate Brady Disclosure: A Panel Discussion." The panelists are Daniel R. Alonso, Chief… more »

Alafair Burke to Present Article at Wake Forest University School of Law

October 28th, 2011
  On November 4, Professor Alafair Burke will present, "Why Community Prosecutors Need Community Defense Lawyers," co-authored with Fordham Law Professor Bruce Green, at a conference called Community Prosecution and Community Defense, held at Wake Fores… more »

Professors Burke and Charlow Present at University of Iowa College of Law Conference

October 28th, 2011
  Professors Alafair Burke and Robin Charlow both presented papers at the University of Iowa College of Law's conference, "Batson at Twenty-Five: Perspectives on the Landmark, Reflections on Its Legacy."  The conference was a reflection on the landmark… more »

Professor Alafair Burke Blogs for Huffington Post About Prosecutors and the Press in the DSK Case

July 5th, 2011
DSK and TMIBy Alafair BurkeThe Huffington PostJuly 5, 2011 Excerpt:It was only a month and a half ago that cocktail party chatter was suddenly dominated by the sodomy and attempted rape accusations against Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Despite the case's i… more »

Professor Alafair Burke Publishes Best-Selling Novel

July 5th, 2011
Professor Alafair Burke published her seventh crime novel, LONG GONE. It has been highlighted as a summer book pick by People Magazine and earned starred reviews from leading trade publications Library Journal and Shelf Awareness. NBC's Today Show haile… more »

GW Law Professor Paul Butler Debates Hofstra Professors: Should Good People Be Prosecutors?

March 31st, 2011
 Paul Butler, Carville Dickinson Benson Research Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Development at George Washington Law School, spoke at Hofstra on March 23 as part of the Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture series. Butler debated Hofs… more »

Professor Alafair Burke to Address Prosecutorial Disclosure for the U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C.

February 3rd, 2011
Professor Alafair Burke has been invited to deliver a lecture on February 10 at the U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C. about prosecutors' obligations to disclose exculpatory evidence to the defense.  Professor Burke's recent scholarship explores the reaso… more »

Professors Alafair Burke and Bennett Capers Discuss the HBO Series “The Wire”

October 26th, 2010
Earlier this year, Professors Alafair Burke and Bennett Capers were among the presenters in a roundtable discussion, "And All the Pieces Matter...Thoughts on 'The Wire,'" at the annual meeting of the Law & Society Association in Chicago. Other pane… more »

Professors Alafair Burke and Bennett Capers Discuss "The Wire"

June 9th, 2010
Professors Alafair Burke and Bennett Capers were among the presenters in a roundtable discussion, "And All the Pieces Matter...Thoughts on 'The Wire,'" on May 27 at the annual meeting of the Law & Society Association in Chicago. Other panelists incl… more »

Professor Alafair Burke Publishes "When Family Matters" in the Yale Law Journal

May 5th, 2010
The Feature comments on the book, Privilege or Punish: Criminal Justice and the Challenge of Family Ties, by Dan Markel, Jennifer Collins, and Ethan Leib, which documents the ways that criminal law advantages and burdens actors based on familial status a… more »