Joseph L. Hoffmann

Joseph L. Hoffmann is a leading scholar of criminal procedure and the death penalty, and a professor of law.

Joseph L. Hoffmann
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materHarvard College, University of Washington School of Law
OccupationLaw professor
Known forCriminal procedure and death penalty scholar

Education and clerkships

Hoffmann graduated from Harvard College in 1978. He was a manager for the basketball team while at the school.[1][2] In 1984, he graduated from the University of Washington School of Law, where he was Note Editor of the Washington Law Review and elected to the Order of the Coif.[3]

He served as law clerk to Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He then clerked for Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1985 to 1986.[4]

Teaching career

In 1986, Hoffmann joined the faculty as assistant professor of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.[5] In 1992, he became a professor, and in 2000 was named the Harry Pratter Professor of Law. An expert in criminal procedure and the death penalty,[6] he co-authored a report for Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's Council on Capital Punishment.[7][8]

Selected publications
  • With King, Nancy J. (2011). Habeas for the 21st Century: Uses, Abuses and the Future of the Great Writ. University of Chicago Press.
  • With King, Nancy J. (2009). "Rethinking the Federal Role in State Criminal Justice." 84 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 791.
  • (2005). "Protecting the Innocent: The Massachusetts Governor's Council Report." 95 J. of Crim. L. & Criminology 561.

References
  1. Entry for Joseph L. Hoffmann, 1977, Harvard Men's Basketball All-Time Letterwinners. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  2. Joseph L. Hoffmann, author biography, Wolters Kluwer, publishers. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  3. Joseph L. Hoffmann, Faculty Biographies, Indiana University Maurer School of Law Academic Bulletin, 2000-2002. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  4. Zennie, Michael (September 5, 2005). "Professors, former clerks remember friend, mentor; IU: Former Rehnquist clerks reflect on legacy." Indiana Daily Student. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  5. Biography of Joseph L. Hoffmann, University of Indiana School of Law. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  6. Sanburn, Josh (January 14, 2003). "Professors debate Illinois death penalty decision." Indiana Daily Student. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  7. Aguero, Jeffrey C. (September 24, 2003). "Romney Forms Council to Advise on Death Penalty." Harvard Crimson. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  8. LeBlanc, Steve (July 16, 2012). "Romney proposed 'foolproof' death penalty in Mass." Seattle Times (AP). Retrieved February 21, 2017.
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