Name Robert Weisberg | Role Law professor | |
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Books Literary Criticisms of Law, Criminal Law Storie, Criminal Law: Cases and Materials Education Stanford University (1979), Harvard University (1971), City College of New York (1966) | ||
Sls graduation 2013 professor robert weisberg given john bingham hurlbut award
Robert I. Weisberg is an American lawyer. He is an Edwin E. Huddleson, Jr. Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, and an expert on criminal law and criminal procedure, as well as a leading scholar in the law and literature movement.
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- Sls graduation 2013 professor robert weisberg given john bingham hurlbut award
- Stanford Legal on Sirius XM Radio Evidence Law and Technology Part 1
- Selected publications
- References
Weisberg was educated at Bronx High School of Science, and received his B.A. from City College of New York in 1966. He obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in English from Harvard University in 1967 and 1971. After graduation, he taught English at Skidmore College from 1970 to 1976. Weisberg left to attend Stanford Law School, where he received a J.D. in 1979 and was the Editor-in-Chief of the Stanford Law Review. He then served as a law clerk for Judge J. Skelly Wright of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, followed by Justice Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court during the 1980 Term.
In 1981, he joined the faculty at Stanford Law School, where he has won numerous teaching awards, served as special assistant to the provost for faculty recruitment and retention, and co-directs the Stanford Criminal Justice Center. Weisberg's book, Literary Criticisms of Law, was published in 2000, and he is widely quoted in the press on criminal law and criminal procedure. He also co-authors a criminal law casebook.