Events & Calendars "Bail and Enemies of the State": Lecture by Professor Shima Baradaran from University of Utah College of Law

On Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 4:30 p.m. in Room 100 of Clark House, Shima Baradaran, associate professor in the College of Law at the University of Utah, will present a paper entitled "Bail and Enemies of the State." This is the third presentation in a series of seminars that will take place this year on the theme "Criminals and Enemies."

Professor Baradaran’s teaching and scholarship focus on criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence and international law. In 2013 she was voted Professor of the Year at BYU Law School. Her most recent publications are "Does International Law Matter?" (Minnesota Law Review), "Rebalancing the Fourth Amendment" (Georgetown Law Journal) and "Predicting Violence" (Texas Law Review).

To receive a copy of the paper, which explores the fundamental distinction between enemy combatants and criminal defendants under U.S. law, please email the LJST department coordinator at mlestes@amherst.edu.