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Charles Weisselberg joined the Boalt faculty in 1998. He served as the founding director of the Center for Clinical Education, Boalt's in-house clinical program, which he developed and administered from 1998 to 2006. Weisselberg teaches criminal procedure, criminal law, and related courses.
After graduating from law school, Weisselberg practiced with a private law firm, taught in the clinical program at the University of Chicago Law School, and served as a trial attorney with Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. He taught at the University of Southern California Law School for 11 years, where he litigated post-conviction, civil rights, and immigration cases with his students and colleagues before numerous federal and state courts.
Weisselberg’s research focuses primarily on criminal procedure, immigration detention, and clinical legal education. His most recent publications include “Big Law’s Sixth Amendment: The Rise of Corporate White-Collar Practices in Large U.S. Law Firms” (co-authored) in the Arizona Law Review; “Constitutional Criminal Procedure in the Shadow of the War on Terror -- A Look at Recent Decisions and the Rhetoric of Terrorism,” in Counter-Terrorism and Beyond: The Culture of Law and Justice After 9/11 (Routledge 2010); “Debate: The Right to Remain Silent” in the University of Pennsylania Law Review’s PENNumbra (2010); “Japan’s New Clinical Programs: A Study of Light and Shadow” (co-authored) in The Global Clinical Movement: Educating Lawyers for Social Justice (Oxford 2010); “Selected Criminal Cases in the United States Supreme Court (annually, for the last four Terms) in Court Review; “Mourning Miranda” in the California Law Review (2008); and “Terror in the Courts: Beginning to Assess the Impact of Terrorism-Related Prosecutions on Domestic Criminal Law and Procedure in the USA” in Crime, Law & Social Change (2008); and “Good Film, Bad Jury” in the Chicago-Kent Law Review (2007).
Weisselberg is active in legal education groups, bar associations, and criminal justice organizations. He is a past chair of the Association of American Law School's Section on Clinical Legal Education. He has lectured at professional gatherings in the United States and abroad on topics ranging from graduate professional legal education to police interrogation. Weisselberg regularly works with pro bono counsel in trial and appellate cases.
| Current Institution | University of California, Berkeley |
| Current School | School of Law |
| Department | Law |
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| Address | 215 Boalt Hall Berkeley California 94720-7200 United States Phone: (510) 643-8159 |
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Education
University of Chicago Law School
J.D.
(1982)
The Johns Hopkins University
B.A.
(1979)
Work Experience
Shannon Cecil Turner Professor of Law
University of California, Berkeley
(2009 - Present)
Professor of Law
University of California, Berkeley
(1998 - 2009)
Professor of Law
University of Southern California Law School
(1997 - 1998)
Achievements
General
Publication Summary
Publications
Articles
- Big Law's Sixth Amendment: The Rise of Corporate White-Collar Practices in Large U.S. Law Firms, 53 Ariz. L. Rev. 1221 (2011) (with Su Li)
- Selected Criminal Law Cases in the United States Supreme Court [in the 2010-2011 Term] and a Look Ahead, 47 Court Review 52 (2011)
- Selected Criminal-Law Cases in the United States Supreme Court in the 2009-2010 Term, and a Look Ahead, 46 Court Review 68 (2011)
- Selected Criminal Law Cases in the United States Supreme Court in the 2008-2009 Term, 45 Court Review 62 (2010)
- Selected Criminal Law Cases in the Supreme Court's 2007-2008 Term, and a Look Ahead, 44 Court Rev. 90 (2008)
- Terror in the courts: Beginning to assess the impact of terrorism-related prosecutions on domestic criminal law and procedure in the USA, Crime, Law and Social Change, Springer (2008)
- Mourning Miranda, 96 Cal. L. Rev. 1519 (2008)
- Good Film, Bad Jury, 82 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 717 (2007)
- Building Clinical Legal Education Programs in a Country Without a Tradition of Graduate Professional Legal Education: Japan Educational Reform as a Case Study, with Peter A. Joy, Shigeo Miyagawa, Takao Suami, 13 Clin. L. Rev. 417 (2006)
- The Detention and Treatment of Aliens Three Years After September 11: A New New World?, 30 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 815 (2005)
- In the Stationhouse After Dickerson, 99 Mich. L. Rev. 1121 (2001)
- Prisoners of the INS, 28 Human Rights 6 (Winter) (2001)
- Access to Justice, Academic Freedom, and Political Interference: A Clinical Program Under Siege, 4 Clin. L. Rev. 531 (with Peter A. Joy) (1998)
- Saving Miranda, 84 Cornell L. Rev. 109 (1998)
- Courage, Courage, 8 Fed. Sent. R. 51 (1995)
- The Exclusion and Detention of Aliens: Lessons from the Lives of Ellen Knauff and Ignatz Mezei, 143 U. Pa. L. Rev. 933 (1995)
- Inter-District Variation Under the Guidelines: The Trees May Be More Significant Than the Forest, 6 Fed. Sent. R. 25 (with Terence Dunworth) (1993)
- Felony Cases and the Federal Courts: The Guidelines Experience, 66 S. Cal. L. Rev. 99 (with Terence Dunworth) (1992)
- Evidentiary Hearings in Federal Habeas Corpus Cases, 1990 B.Y.U. L. Rev. 131 (1990)
Electronic Publications
- Debate, The Right to Remain Silent, PENNumbra (University of Pennsylania Law Review) (2010)
- Exploring "Institutional Schizophrenia" in Baltimore: Reflections on David Simon's Homicide, 2 THE JURIST Books-on-Law (1999)
Reviews
- The Precinct Confessional, 21 Crim. J. Ethics 57 (Summer/Fall) (2002)
- Presidential Decision Making Adrift: The Carter Administration and the Mariel Boatlift, 74 Social Service Rev. 153 (2000)
Miscellaneous
- Submission of the Association of American Law Schools to the Supreme Court of Louisiana Concerning the Review of the Supreme Court's Student Practice Rule, excerpted in 4 Clin. L. Rev. 539 (with Peter A. Joy, Jorge de Neve, John E. Sexton and Carl C. Monk) (1997)
Chapters
- Japan's New Clinical Programs: A Study of Light and Shadow, in The Global Clinical Movement: Educating Lawyers for Social Justice (F. Bloch, ed.), 105-120 (Oxford Univ. Press) (2010) (with Shigeo Miyagawa, Takao Suami & Peter Joy) (2010)
- Constitutional criminal procedure and civil rights in the shadow of the 'war on terror': A look at recent United States decisions and the rhetoric of terrorism, in Counter-Terrorism and Beyond: The Culture of Law and Justice after 9/11, (N. McGarrity, A. Lynch & G. Williams, eds.), 71-87 (Routledge ) (2010)
Briefs
- Brief of Amici Curiae California Attorneys for Criminal Justice and California Academy of Appellate Lawyers (with co-counsel), Harrington v. Richter, __ U.S. __ (2010)
- Brief of Law Professors as Amici Curiae, Addressing Shaughnessy v. United States ex rel. Mezei and Clark v. Martinez, and Supporting Affirmance (with co-counsel), Kiyemba v. Bush (D.C. Cir.) (2008)
- Brief Amici Curiae of the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys and the Federal and Community Defenders in the Ninth Circuit in Support of Petition for Rehearing (with co-counsel), Anderson v. Terhune, 467 F.3d 1208 (9th Cir.) (2006)
- Brief Amici Curiae of Former Prosecutors, Judges and Law Enforcement Officials (with co-counsel), Missouri v. Seibert, 124 S.Ct. 2601 (2004)
- Brief of California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as Amicus Curiae (with co-counsel), People v. Neal, 31 Cal. 4th 63 (2003)
- Appellant's Opening Brief (with co-counsel and students), Clark v. Johnson, 278 F.3d 459 (5th Cir.) (2002)
- Brief of California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as Amicus Curiae (with co-counsel and students), People v. Storm, 28 Cal. 4th 1007 (2002)
- Petition for Writ of Certiorari (with co-counsel and students), In re: Taylor and Harris, No. 01-1605 (U.S.) (2002)
- Petition for a Writ of Certiorari (with co-counsel and students), In re: Wischkaemper and Taylor, No. 01-1623 (U.S.) (2002)
- Petitioner's Supplemental Brief (with co-counsel and students), In re: Taylor and Harris, No. 01-1605 (U.S.) (2002)
- Petitioner's Supplemental Brief (with co-counsel and students), In re: Wischkaemper and Taylor, No. 01-1623 (U.S.) (2002)
- Appellant's Brief (with co-counsel and students), Burton v. Fairman, 2001 U.S. App. Lexis 18629 (9th Cir.) (2001)
- Appellant's Reply Brief (with co-counsel and students), Burton v. Fairman, 2001 U.S. App. Lexis 18629 (9th Cir.) (2001)
- Appellant's Supplemental Brief (with co-counsel and students), Burton v. Fairman, 2001 U.S. App. Lexis 18629 (9th Cir.) (2001)
- Appellant's Supplemental Reply Brief (with co-counsel and students), Burton v. Fairman, 2001 U.S. App. Lexis 18629 (9th Cir.) (2001)
- Brief for Amici Curiae, the Association of American Law Schools et al. (with co-counsel and students), Southern Christian Leadership Conference v. Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, 252 F.3d 781 (5th Cir.) (2001)
- Brief of Law Professors as Amici Curiae (with co-counsel and students), Ma v. Reno (consolidated with Zadyvdas v. Davis), 533 U.S. 678 (2001)
- Appellant's Brief (with students), Standifer v. Reese, 2000 U.S. App. Lexis 23324 (9th Cir.) (2000)
- Brief of Amicus Curiae, National Legal Aid and Defender Association (with co-counsel), Dickerson v. United States, 530 U.S. 428 (2000)
- Brief of Law Professors as Amici Curiae (with co-counsel and students), Ma v. Reno, 208 F.3d 815 (9th Cir.) (2000)
- Appellee's Brief (with students), Bono v. Benov, 197 F.3d 409 (9th Cir.) (1999)
- Appellees' Brief (with co-counsel and students), California Attorneys for Criminal Justice v. Butts, 195 F.3d 1039 (9th Cir.) (1999)
- Brief of California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as Amicus Curiae (with co-counsel and students), People v. Peevy, 17 Cal. 4th 1184 (1998)
- Traverse of Answer to Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (with co-counsel and students), Dyas v. Poole, No. CV-97-07530 (C.D. Cal.) (1998)
- Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (with co-counsel and students), Dyas v. Poole, No. CV-97-07530 (C.D. Cal.) (1997)
- Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (with co-counsel and students), In re Dyas , CR 13649 (Riverside Co., Cal.) (1997)
- Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Summary Judgment (with co-counsel and students), California Attorneys for Criminal Justice v. Butts, CV 95-8634 (C.D. Cal.) (1997)
- Plaintiffs' Opposition to [Defendants'] Motion for Summary Judgment (with co-counsel and students), California Attorneys for Criminal Justice v. Butts, CV 95-8634 (C.D. Cal.) (1997)
- Appellant's Brief (with co-counsel and students), United States v. Rogers, 91 F.3d 1388 (10th Cir.) (1996)
- Motion for Leave to File Brief of Amicus Curiae, Brief of Amicus Curiae, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (with co-counsel and students), Cooper v. Oklahoma, 517 U.S. 348 (1996)
- Brief of Amici Curiae, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, et al. (with co-counsel and students), Barrera-Echavarria v. Rison, 44 F.3d 1441 (9th Cir.) (1995)
- Brief of Amicus Curiae, National Legal Aid and Defender Association (with co-counsel and students), State v. Dougherty, No. 94-2494 (Ohio) (1995)
- Brief of Amicus Curiae, USC Law Center's Post-Conviction Justice Project (with co-counsel and students), Reno v. Koray, 515 U.S. 50 (1995)
- Brief for Respondent (with co-counsel and students), Rowland v. California Men's Colony, Unit II, Men's Advisory Council, 506 U.S. 194 (1993)
- Brief of Amicus Curiae, National Legal Aid and Defender Association (with co-counsel and students), State v. Peart, 621 So.2d 780 (La.) (1993)
- Motion for Leave to File Brief of Amici Curiae, Brief of Amici Curiae, National Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. (with co-counsel and students), Antoine v. Byers & Anderson, Inc., 508 U.S. 429 (1993)
- Brief of Amici Curiae, Honorable Allen Broussard, Joseph Grodin and Otto Kaus, in Support of Petition for Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc, Hunter v. Aispuro, 982 F.2d 344 (9th Cir.) (1992)
- Brief for Appellant (with co-counsel and students), Alvarez-Mendez v. Stock, 941 F.2d 956 (9th Cir.) (1991)
- Respondent's Brief in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari (with co-counsel and students), Borg v. Robinson, No. 91-258 (U.S.) (1991)
- Brief of Amicus Curiae, Society of American Law Teachers (with co-counsel), In Re Determination Of Executive Commission On Ethical Standards Re: Appearance Of Rutgers Attorneys, 116 N.J. 216 (1989)
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