Research Professor
Cumberland School of Law
Teaching & Research Interests
Evidence; Property; Legal History, including the History of the American West
Practice Experience
- Partner, Christenson Hedemark Langum & O'Keefe, San Jose, California, 1968-78
- Associate, Dunne Phelps & Mills, San Francisco, California, 1966-68
- Clerk, Judge Murray Draper, California Court of Appeals, 1965-66
Academic Experience
- Dean and Professor, Nevada School of Law, 1983-85
- Professor of Law, Detroit College of Law, 1978-83
- Adjunct Professor, Lincoln University School of Law, 1968-78
- Adjunct Professor, San Francisco Law School, 1966-67
Expertise and Involvement
- Expert in law and morality in America; author of Crossing Over the Line: Legislating Morality and the Mann Act (University of Chicago Press, 1994)
- Expert in 19th- and 20th-century American legal history; author of William M. Kunstler: The Most-Hated Lawyer in America (New York University Press, 1999)
- Scholar in Residence, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming, spring 1998.
- Golieb Fellow, New York University Law School, fall 1991
- President, American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, 2000-2002
Degrees and Certifications
- S.J.D., University of Michigan Law School, legal history, 1985
- LL.M., University of Michigan Law School, legal history, 1981
- J.D., Stanford University Law School, 1965
- M.A., San Jose State University, history, 1976
- A.B., Dartmouth College, history, 1962