David J. Gottlieb


David Gottlieb
  • Professor Emeritus of Law

Contact Info


Education —

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1974
Georgetown Law Journal
B.A., Oberlin College, 1969

Research —

Clinical legal education

International human rights

Criminal procedure

Admitted

Kansas 1979, New York 1975

Career History

Associate Appellate Attorney, Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeal Bureau, New York City 1974-76; Associate Appellate Attorney, Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Appeals Unit, New York City 1976-79; Associate Professor, Kansas 1979-84; Professor since 1984; Visiting Professor, American University 1989-90; Visiting Professor, California Western School of Law 1996-97 Visiting Professor, Howard University 2000-01; Director, Paul E. Wilson Defender Project 1979-99; Director of Clinical Programs, Kansas 1995-99.

Teaching —

Special Topics: Refugee and Asylum Law 

Selected Publications —

  • "Criminal Trials as Culture Wars: Southern Honor and the Acquittal of Frank James," 51 Kansas Law Review 409 (2003)
  • Practice Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (with Bamberger, et al.) (4th ed. 2001 & supps.)
  • Contemporary Federal Criminal Practice (with George) (2nd ed. 1992 & supp.)
  • "The Sentencing Commission's Administrative Reforms: Two Cheers and Some Suggestions," 9 Federal Sentencing Review 71 (1996)
  • "Drug Testing, Collective Suspicion and a Fourth Amendment out of Balance," 6 Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy 27 (Winter 1997)
  • "The Death Penalty in the Legislature: Some Thoughts About Money, Myth, and Morality," 37 Kansas Law Review 443 (1989)

Memberships —

Member, Sentencing Commission Practitioner Advisory Group; Courtesy Faculty, Department of Russian and East European Studies; Legal Specialist and Consultant, ABA Central and East European Law Initiative.