Steven Lubet

Steven Lubet
Born
United States
Academic work
InstitutionsNorthwestern University

Steven Lubet is a legal scholar and author. Lubet is the Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Memorial Professor of Law at Northwestern University.

Lubet has been noted for his commentary on controversial issues such as the appointment of scholar Steven Salaita at the University of Illinois,[1] the controversy over the legal status of Alice Goffman's research methods in her widely acclaimed book, On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City[2][3][4] and support of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch's speaking at a President Donald J. Trump's hotel while cases about the Administration's travel ban and "challenging the constitutionality of payments to Mr. Trump’s companies" face the Supreme Court and lower courts.[5]

Lubet is a former juvenile and criminal defense lawyer, and former legal services lawyer.[6]

Books by Lubet

  • Interrogating Ethnography: Why Evidence Matters (Oxford University Press, 2017.)
  • John Brown’s Spy: The Adventurous Life and Tragic Confession of John E. Cook (Yale University Press, 2012).
  • Fugitive Justice: Runaways, Rescuers, and Slavery on Trial (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010).
  • Modern Trial Advocacy: Analysis and Practice (NITA, 2010).
  • Lawyers' Poker: 52 Lessons That Lawyers Can Learn From Card Players (Oxford University Press, 2006).
  • Murder in Tombstone: The Forgotten Trial of Wyatt Earp (Yale University Press, 2004).
  • Nothing But the Truth: Why Trial Lawyers Don't, Can't, and Shouldn't Have to Tell the Whole Truth (New York University Press, 2001).
  • The "Colored Hero" of Harper's Ferry: John Anthony Copeland and the War Against Slavery (Cambridge University Press, 2015).

References

  1. ^ Lubet, Steven (August 14, 2014). "Professor's tweets about Israel crossed the line". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  2. ^ Lubet, Steven (May 27, 2015). "Did This Acclaimed Sociologist Drive the Getaway Car in a Murder Plot?". The New Republic. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  3. ^ Lubet, Steven (May 16, 2015). "Review of Ethics on the Run". The New Rambler. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  4. ^ Mordfin, Robin (Fall 2015). "Reviewing with Thought: Eric Posner's New Rambler Review Brings Academic Skills to Bear on Book Reviews". The Record. University of Chicago. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  5. ^ Liptak, Adam, "Neil Gorsuch Speech at Trump Hotel Raises Ethical Questions", New York Times, August 17, 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  6. ^ Schuessler, Jennifer (June 5, 2015). "Alice Goffman's Heralded Book on Crime Is Disputed". New York Times. Retrieved June 12, 2015.


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