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Dale Carpenter
Professor Carpenter received his B.A. degree in history, magna cum laude, from Yale College in 1989. He received his J.D., with honors, from the University of Chicago Law School in 1992. Professor Carpenter clerked for The Honorable Edith H. Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1992 to 1993. After his clerkship, he practiced as an associate at Vinson & Elkins in Houston and Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin in San Francisco. He is a frequent television, radio, and print commentator on constitutional law, the First Amendment, and sexual orientation and the law. Constitutional Law Materials Outline of Constitution Day 2005 Presentation, First Amendment Developments: Freedom of Speech and Religion & The Establishment Clause.
Professor Frase graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Haverford College. He received his J.D. degree from the University of Chicago, where he was Comment Editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. He clerked for the Honorable Luther M. Swygert, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and was an associate attorney for the law firm of Sidley & Austin in Chicago from 1972 to 1974. He is a frequent contributor to radio, television, and newspaper reports on criminal justice issues. Constitutional Law Materials Excessive Prison Sentences, Punishment Goals, and the Eighth Amendment: Proportionality Relative To What?, 89 Minn. L. Rev. 571 (2005) What Were They Thinking? Fourth Amendment Unreasonableness in Atwater v. City of Lago Vista, 71 Fordham L. Rev. 329 (2002)
Constitutional Law Materials Outline of Constitution Day 2005 Presentation, Equal Protection Public Law Workshop (Law 6-906)
Professor Hickman received her B.S in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting and a secondary major in History from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. After practicing for several years as a certified public accountant, Professor Hickman earned her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law. Following law school, Professor Hickman clerked for The Honorable David B. Sentelle of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and practiced law as an associate with the Chicago office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Constitutional Law Materials Constitution Day 2005 Presentation, State Tax Incentives for Economic Development
Following graduation, she clerked for Judge John R. Tunheim, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. Professor Holcomb also worked as an associate in the litigation department of the Minneapolis law firm, Maslon, Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP, where she focused her practice in commercial litigation.
Professor Kitrosser received her B.A. degree in political science, summa cum laude, from UCLA in 1992. She received her J.D. degree from Yale Law School in 1996. She clerked for Judge William Rea on the District Court for the Central District of California from 1996–1997 and for Judge Judith Rogers on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1999–2000. She worked at the Washington, D.C. office of Jenner & Block from 1997–1999. Constitutional Law Materials Is Constitution Day Constitutional?
Professor Klass teaches and writes in the areas of environmental law, tort law and property law, with a focus on the modern development of common law as a supplement to statutory and regulatory law to address current environmental protection issues. Her articles have appeared in The Iowa Law Review, The University of Colorado Law Review and Ecology Law Quarterly, among others. Professor Klass received her B.A. degree in political science and French with distinction from the University of Michigan in 1988, and her J.D. cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1992, where she was an Articles Editor for the Wisconsin Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. She clerked for the Honorable Barbara B. Crabb, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin from 1992-1993. Professor Klass has served in leadership positions in state and national bar organizations. She is currently on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and is the Secretary for the Environmental and Natural Resources Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association. She served as co-chair of the Environmental Law Section of the Hennepin County Bar Association from 2000-2006.
Professor Morrison received his A.B. degree at the University of Kansas, B.A. (Jurisprudence) and M.A. degrees at Oxford University, M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton University, and his J.D. degree from the University of Chicago. He has been both a Rhodes Scholar and a Fulbright Professor. He taught at the University of Iowa College of Law before joining the University of Minnesota Law School faculty in 1969. Professor Morrison also has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Bonn and at the University of Kiel in Germany. He served as Research Director of the Minnesota Constitution Study Commission in 1971-73. He is a Director of the American Society for the Comparative Study of Law. Professor Morrison is also a member of the American Law Institute, the American Society of International Law, the Board of Directors of the U.S. Association of Constitutional Law and the Board of Editors for the American Journal of Comparative Law. In May 1997, Professor Morrison was honored with the University President's Award for Outstanding Service.
Constitutional Law Materials Anniversary Essay: Gene Patents: The Need for Bioethics Scrutiny and Legal Change, 5 Yale J. Health Pol'y L. & Ethics 403 (2005) (coauthored with Lori B. Andrews)
Constitutional Law Materials Outline of Constitution Day 2005 Presentation, Criminal Procedure
Professor Stras received his B.A. degree, with highest distinction, and his MBA from the University of Kansas. He received his law degree from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1999, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Criminal Procedure Edition of the Kansas Law Review. Following law school, Professor Stras clerked for The Honorable Melvin Brunetti of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and then for The Honorable J. Michael Luttig of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. From 2001 to 2002, he practiced white-collar criminal and appellate litigation with the Washington, D.C. office of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood. Following his year in practice, he clerked for The Honorable Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States. Constitutional Law Materials Constitution Day 2005 Debate, Resolved, The Nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court Should Be Confirmed by the Senate. Affirmative
Professor Washburn earned his law degree from the Yale Law School in 1993, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Journal on Regulation. Following law school, Professor Washburn clerked for Judge William C. Canby, Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. During his career as a practicing lawyer, Professor Washburn handled numerous bench and jury trials in federal and state courts and arguments in the United States Courts of Appeals. Constitutional Law Materials |
Biography: Dale Carpenter is an Associate Professor of Law. He
teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law, the First Amendment,
sexual orientation and the law, and commercial law. Professor Carpenter is the
Vance K. Opperman Research Scholar 2004-05 and is the Stanley V. Kinyon Teacher
of Year 2003-04 at the University of Minnesota Law School. He also serves
as an editor of 
Biography: Richard Frase is the Benjamin N. Berger Professor
of Criminal Law. Professor Frase is recognized for his scholarship in the area
of criminal justice. He teaches criminal law, criminal procedure, and the
federal defense clinic. His seminars include comparative criminal procedure and
sentencing guidelines. He was the Julius E. Davis Professor of Law for 1988-89
and became the Benjamin N. Berger Professor of Criminal Law in 1991. 
Biography: Jill Hasday is an Associate Professor of Law. She
teaches and writes in the fields of anti-discrimination law, constitutional law,
family law, legal history, and national security law. Her work has appeared in
the Stanford Law Review, the Michigan Law Review, the
Georgetown Law Journal, the California Law Review, and the UCLA
Law Review. Her most recent article, Intimacy and Economic Exchange,
will appear in a forthcoming volume of the Harvard Law Review.
Biography: Kristin Hickman is an Associate Professor of Law.
She teaches and writes primarily in the areas of administrative law, tax law and
tax policy, and business associations. Her current research involves issues of
judicial deference and statutory interpretation in the federal income tax
context.
Biography: Morgan Holcomb is a 2002 graduate of the
University of Minnesota. She graduated magna cum laude, and Order of the Coif,
and received the Honorable Edward J. Devitt Scholarship Award for excellence in
the study of federal law and practice. She was also named the Minnesota Law
Review Staff Member of the Year, awarded by the Board of Editors, for the
2000–2001 Minnesota Law Review. Professor Holcomb was the Lead Note and Comment
editor for the 2001–2002 Minnesota Law Review. She graduated with honors from
Grinnell College in 1997 with a B.A. in English.
Biography: Heidi Kitrosser is a Visiting Associate Professor
at the University of Minnesota Law School for the 2005–2006 school year. She
writes primarily about constitutional law, particularly free speech law and
separation of powers law. The subjects that she has taught include
constitutional law, First Amendment law and administrative law. 
Biography: Alexandra Klass
joined the University of Minnesota Law School faculty in
2006. Prior to her teaching career, Professor Klass was a Partner at
Dorsey & Whitney LLP in 
Biography: Professor Fred L. Morrison
is a recognized scholar
of constitutional law, international law and comparative public law. He teaches
constitutional law, international law, local government, and comparative public
law. Professor Morrison held the Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly
Professor of Law from 1990 to 1998 and was named the Popham Haik/Lindquist &
Vennum Professor of Law in 1998.
Biography: Jordan Paradise is the Associate Director of
Research & Education to the Consortium on Law and Values in Health,
Environment & the Life Sciences and Joint Degree Program in Health, Law
& the Life Sciences. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Law
School, a Research Associate in the Center for Bioethics, and a member of the
Faculty Editorial Advisory Board for the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science &
Technology. Ms. Paradise earned her B.S. in Biological Psychology &
Cognitive Sciences from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from
Chicago-Kent College of Law. Before joining the law school in June 2005, she was
a Legal Fellow with the Institute for Science, Law and Technology at the
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law. Ms. Paradise`s
current research focuses the legal and policy implications of emerging
technologies.
Biography: Kevin Reitz is the James Annenberg Levee Land Grant
Chair in Criminal Procedure Law. Professor Reitz joined the University of
Minnesota law faculty in 2005. He teaches criminal law, criminal procedure, and
professional responsibility. His scholarship is focused on criminal justice
policy, including law and criminology. His recent book with Henry Ruth, The
Challenge of Crime: Rethinking Our Response (Harvard University Press,
2003), considers issues of crime and punishment in American history, drug
control policy, policing, gun control, and juvenile justice. Much of his writing
has been in the field of sentencing law and policy, including 2005 articles in
the Columbia and Stanford Law Reviews. In addition to his
research, Professor Reitz serves the criminal bar and the criminal justice
community. 
Biography: Ted Sampsell-Jones
teaches and writes in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, and
evidence. Professor Sampsell-Jones earned his law degree from Yale Law School in
2002, where he served as an editor on the Yale Law Journal and was awarded a
Coker Fellowship. Following law school, he clerked for Judge William Fletcher on
the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. Before joining the law
school faculty, Professor Sampsell-Jones worked as an appellate criminal defense
attorney handling federal and state cases in California and Minnesota.
Biography: David Stras is an Associate
Professor of Law. He teaches and writes in the areas of criminal law, federal
courts and jurisdiction, constitutional law, and law and economics. His current
research focuses on the institutional procedures of the United States Supreme
Court as well as questions of federalism arising in the area of federal
jurisdiction.
Biography: Kevin K. Washburn is an Associate Professor of Law.
He teaches and writes in the areas of administrative law, American Indian law,
criminal law, gaming law, and property. For the 2005-06 academic year, his
courses include administrative law, criminal law and gaming law.
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