Criminal Law & Procedure examines laws that prohibit actions that threaten and harm public safety and welfare, punishment for engaging in these prohibited acts, and the process through which these laws are enforced.
Angelo Petrigh
Angelo Petrigh teaches the Defender Clinic in BU’s Criminal Law Clinical Program. Prior to joining Boston University, he was the Training Director in the Bronx Defenders’ Criminal Defense Practice. In his nearly twelve years of experience, he handled a wide-ranging caseload from low level misdemeanors to homicides. He was responsible for the training and development […]
Karen Pita Loor
Karen Pita Loor was the associate dean of clinical & experiential education from July 2020 to June 2023, following eight years of teaching and supervising student attorneys in the Defender Division of the BU Criminal Law Clinical Program as they represent indigent clients charged with crimes in the Boston District Court. Loor also teaches a […]
Benjamin David Pyle
Benjamin Pyle teaches and writes in empirical legal studies, employment law, and criminal law, with a particular focus on how the law influences employment prospects and post-conviction opportunities for people with criminal records. He has published work in law reviews and peer-reviewed journals, including the Notre Dame Law Review and the International Review of Law […]
David Rossman
Since 1978, David Rossman has served as director of BU Law’s Criminal Law Clinical Programs. He teaches courses in criminal procedure, criminal trial practice, criminal trial advocacy and issues in criminal justice. “Working with young lawyers on actual litigation is immensely satisfying,” he says. “I’m always energized by the new ways in which they attack problems that […]
Robert D. Sloane
After receiving his JD in 2000, Professor Robert D. Sloane worked for the International Committee of Lawyers for Tibet (now known as Tibet Justice Center) under the auspices of Yale Law School’s Robert L. Bernstein Fellowship in International Human Rights. He led fact-finding missions to Nepal, India, and Tibet; wrote submissions for the UN Commission […]
Robert M. Thomas Jr.
Bob Thomas has been teaching at BU Law as an adjunct since 2011. He has created and taught three different courses during that time: Health Care Fraud and Abuse, Whistleblower Law and Practice, and Contemporary Issues of Constitutional Law. He has also taught Criminal Law to BU’s LLM students. He has consistently received outstanding evaluations […]
Robert L. Tsai
Robert L. Tsai is a professor of law at Boston University School of Law, where he teaches courses in constitutional law, presidential leadership, and individual rights. He is keenly interested in political culture, legal change, democratic design, inequality, and popular sovereignty. Professor Tsai is the author of three books: Practical Equality: Forging Justice in a […]
Brian A. Wilson
Brian Wilson (’96) is a lecturer and clinical instructor in the Criminal Law Clinical Program and supervisor of its Prosecutor Clinic, in which third-year students prosecute felony and misdemeanor cases in the Quincy District Court under his supervision. His students serve as the lead prosecutors on every aspect of their cases, including developing strategy, conducting […]