Criminal Law and Procedure

On January 14, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Mellouli v. Holder, one of several recent cases in which the Court has scrutinized the federal government's efforts to remove a lawful permanent resident from the United States based on a minor drug conviction. The frequency with which these kinds of cases recur reflects the focus of the Obama administration's removal efforts on noncitizens who have had brushes with the criminal justice system.

Faculty members at UC Davis School of Law publish truly unique scholarship that advances the legal profession. You can view their scholarly works via the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Legal Scholarship Network. An archive can be found on this web page.

What follows here is the most recent collection of papers:

Professor Jack Chin delivered the Leary Lecture at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law today. Here is the web announcement from Utah.

March 31 Leary Lecture to Focus on Intersection of Immigration Law, State Laws

I had the privilege of participating in a Yale Law Journal symposium entitled "The Gideon Effect:  Rights, Justice, and Lawyers Fifty Years After Gideon v. Wainwright."  Gideon, of course, was the path-breaking decision guaranteeing counsel to defendants on criminal prosecutions.  The symposium included a star-studded cast of speakers, including Carol Steiker, Erwin Chemerinsky, Paul Butler, Neal Kumar Katyal, Jack Chin, and many others.

The book is Governing Immigration Through Crime: A Reader.

Authors: Julie A. Dowling is Assistant Professor of Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Jonathan Xavier Inda is Associate Professor of Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

In Padilla v.

In 1996, Congress passed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act.  Through a variety of changes to then-existing law, the Act took steps to facilitate the deportation of non-citizens convicted of crimes.

King Hall has a rich tradition of outstanding and innovative legal scholarship.  Our faculty members' papers can be downloaded at SSRN.com (Social Science Research Network).

Two recent news reports from very different parts of the world shared this theme: Affluence can have its drawbacks.

Almost everyone, especially apartment house dwellers, in and around  New York City knows that mentioning “The Super” refers to a very important individual. He is an employee of the apartment house owner, lives on the premises, and is in charge of all custodial services and other matters. This includes janitorial service,  plumbing repair in individual apartments, collecting rents each month, making sure  each apartment has heat during the winter, and, perhaps most important of all, taking out the garbage.