Media Guide: Criminal Law

Find a media-saavy, university faculty legal expert who is knowledgable about criminal law.

Our Criminal Law Experts

Gopal Balachandran

  • Associate Clinical Professor of Law
  • Director, Criminal Appellate & Post-Conviction Services Clinic
  • Criminal Law

Dermot Groome

  • Professor of Law
  • Harvey A. Feldman Distinguished Faculty Scholar
  • Criminal Law
  • Human Rights
  • International Criminal Law

Abi Hassen

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
  • Civil Liberties
  • Criminal Law

Brent Newton

  • Practitioner in Residence
  • Criminal Law
  • Legal Ethics
  • Criminal Procedure & Sentencing

Mae Quinn

  • Professor of Law
  • Criminal Law
  • Criminal Procedure & Sentencing
  • Legal Ethics
  • Professional Responsibility
  • Civil Rights
  • Civil Procedure
  • Youth Law
  • Women's Legal History
  • Evidence
  • Problem-Solving Courts

Richard Settgast

  • Director, Indigent Criminal Justice Trial Clinic
  • Director, LL.M. Legal Writing, Research, and Analysis
  • Pennsylvania- Specific Criminal Law and Procedure
  • Advanced Criminal Law
  • Criminal Law
  • Criminal Procedure & Sentencing
  • Legal Writing
  • Trial Advocacy

Emily Spottswood

  • Professor of Law
  • Criminal Law

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