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词条 Paul Butler (professor)
释义

  1. Early life and education

  2. Legal career

  3. Academic career

  4. Publications

     Books 

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Infobox scientist
|name = Paul Butler
|image = PaulButler.jpg
|image_size =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|1|15}}
|birth_place = Chicago, Illinois
|residence = Washington, D.C.
|nationality = American
|fields = Criminal law
|workplaces = Georgetown University Law Center
|alma_mater = Yale University (BA)
Harvard Law School (JD)
}}Paul Delano Butler (born January 15, 1961)[1] is an American lawyer, former prosecutor, and current law professor of Georgetown University Law Center. He is a leading criminal law scholar, particularly in the area of race and jury nullification.[2]

Early life and education

Paul Butler was born in Chicago, Illinois, where he attended St. Ignatius College Preparatory School. He received his B.A. degree cum laude from Yale University and his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.

Legal career

Butler clerked for the Honorable Mary Johnson Lowe of the U.S. District Court in New York.[2] He then joined the law firm of Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in white collar criminal defense and civil litigation.[4]

Following his time in private practice, Butler served as a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, where his specialty was public corruption.[3] While at the Department of Justice, Butler also served as a special assistant U.S. attorney, prosecuting drug and gun cases.

Academic career

Butler is currently the Albert Brick Professor in Law at the Georgetown Law Center, where he teaches criminal law and criminal procedure.[2]

His scholarship has been published in the Yale Law Journal, Harvard Law Review, Stanford Law Review, and UCLA Law Review. He has authored chapters in several books, written a column for the Legal Times, and published numerous op-ed articles, including in the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and The Dallas Morning News.[2] He lectures regularly for the ABA and the NAACP, and at colleges, law schools, and community organizations throughout the U.S.[2] Butler was a regular contributor at BlackProf.com until its demise in 2009.[4][5]

He was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Service Award three times by the GW graduating class and has been a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[2] In 2003, he was elected to the American Law Institute. In 2009, his first book, Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice, was published by The New Press.[6]

Publications

Books

  • Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice (The New Press, 2010)[6]
  • Chokehold: Policing Black Men (The New Press, 2017)[7]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84088984.html|title=Butler, Paul, 1961-|publisher=Library of Congress|accessdate=October 27, 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.law.gwu.edu/MediaGuide/Profile.aspx?id=1723 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-05-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609233430/http://www.law.gwu.edu/MediaGuide/Profile.aspx?id=1723 |archivedate=2010-06-09 |df= }} Official Biography at the George Washington University Law School | 27 May 2009
3. ^"One Angry Man", By Patricia Cohen, Staff Writer, Washington Post, May 30, 1997
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2009/06/24/rip-blackprof-com/|title=RIP Blackprof.com|last=Daniels|first=Jessie|date=June 24, 2009|accessdate=October 27, 2018}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20060531055314/http://blackprof.com/ |date=2006-05-31|title=Race, Law and Culture|publisher=Library of Congress Web Archives Collection; BlackProf.com|accessdate=October 27, 2018}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://thenewpress.com/books/chokehold|last=Butler|first=Paul|title=Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice|publisher=thenewpress.com|date=August 30, 2018|ISBN= 978-1-59558-500-4|accessdate=October 27, 2018}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://thenewpress.com/books/lets-get-free|last=Butler|first=Paul|title=Chokehold: Policing Black Men|publisher=thenewpress.com|date=May 30, 2010|ISBN= 978-1-62097-483-4|accessdate=October 27, 2018}}

External links

  • [https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/butler-paul.cfm Profile page at Georgetown University Law Center]
  • {{C-SPAN|Paul Butler}}
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