John Rappaport
John Rappaport | |
|---|---|
| Born | John Michael Rappaport[1] July 10, 1980 |
| Education | Stanford University (BS) Harvard University (JD) |
| Employer | University of Chicago Law School |
| Known for | Criminal procedure, evidence law |
John Rappaport (born July 10, 1980) is an American legal scholar who is currently a professor of law and the Ludwig and Hilde Wolf Research Scholar at the University of Chicago Law School. He is an expert on criminal procedure and evidence law.[2][3]
Education and career[edit]
Rappaport graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics with distinction in 2002. In 2006, he graduated with a Juris Doctor magna cum laude from Harvard Law School.[2]
After graduating from law school, Rappaport worked as a law clerk for Judge Stephen Reinhardt on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In 2004, he was a Legal Intern for the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Educational Opportunities Section and a Legal Intern for the ACLU of Michigan. In 2005, he was a Legal Intern for the ACLU of New York.[4] From 2007 to 2010, he worked in the Office of the Federal Public Defender in Los Angeles, California. From 2009 to 2010, he worked as a law clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court of the United States. Between 2010 and 2012, he worked as a litigation associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles. After this role, he worked as a law clerk for Judge Paul J. Watford for six months.[2]
In 2015, Rappaport joined the University of Chicago Law School faculty as an assistant professor, having served as a Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellow and a lecturer between 2013 and 2015. He became a tenured professor in 2020. His teaching and research interests include criminal procedure and the criminal justice system, with a focus on police misconduct and evidence.[3][5]
Selected publications[edit]
- Some Doubts About “Democratizing” Criminal Justice (2020).[6]
- Criminal Law and the American Penal System (with Andrew Manuel Crespo) (2022).
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "John Rappaport | University of Chicago Law School".
- ^ a b c "John Rappaport | University of Chicago Law School". www.law.uchicago.edu.
- ^ a b "John Rappaport is an expert in criminal procedure, policing, and criminal justice | University of Chicago News". www.news.uchicago.edu. February 23, 2021.
- ^ "John Rappaport | University of Chicago Law School".
- ^ See, e.g., Ben Grunwald & John Rappaport, The Wandering Officer, 129 Yale Law Journal 1676 (2020).
- ^ "Some Doubts About "Democratizing" Criminal Justice | The University of Chicago Law Review". lawreview.uchicago.edu. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- American legal scholars
- American legal writers
- 21st-century American lawyers
- Stanford University alumni
- Harvard Law School alumni
- University of Chicago Law School faculty
- Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Living people
- People associated with Munger, Tolles & Olson
- 1980 births
- Public defenders