Thomas K Clancy

Thomas K. Clancy is a professor emeritus at the University of Mississippi School of Law and lectures nationally on cyber crime and the Fourth Amendment, which regulates governmental searches and seizures. He previously served as the Director of the National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he was a Research Professor. He took emeritus status on July 1, 2014. Clancy received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, and is a graduate of Vermont Law School.

Clancy's publications focus on the history, structure, and purpose of the Fourth Amendment, including the acquisition by the government of digital evidence. Works by Clancy include Cyber Crime and Digital Evidence: Materials and Cases, LexisNexis 2011, ISBN 978-1422494080. A second edition of that book was published in December, 2014. ISBN 978-1-6328-0915-5. He has also published a treatise on search and seizure entitled The Fourth Amendment: Its History and Interpretation, Carolina Academic Press 2008, ISBN 978-1594604126. A second edition of "The Fourth Amendment: Its History and Interpretation" was published in January, 2014. ISBN 978-1-61163-174-6. His many law review articles on the Fourth Amendment are available at: http://ssrn.com/author=509497