Standing Room Only: Why Fourth Amendment Exclusion and Standing Can No Longer Logically Coexist, 28 CARDOZO LAW REVIEW 1663 (2007).
WHEN SEX COUNTS: MAKING BABIES AND MAKING LAW (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007).
A Right of Jury Nullification in South Dakota? Why Amendment A Should Be Rejected in Markus Dubber & Mark Kelman, AMERICAN CRIMINAL LAW: CASES, STATUTES, AND COMMENTS (2005).
When Oral Sex Results in a Pregnancy: Can Men Ever Escape Paternity Obligations? in Mitzi Szereto, THE WORLD'S BEST SEX WRITING (Thunder's Mouth Press December 2005).
A Lawsuit Against 'Big Alcohol' for Advertising to Underage Drinkers in "The ABCs of Advertising and Marketing to Children," 2005 UCLA ENTERTAINMENT LAW SYMPOSIUM.
A World Without Privacy: Why Property Does Not Define the Limits of the Right Against Unreasonable Searches and Seizures, A Response to Orin Kerr, 102 MICH. L. REV. 889 (2004).
The Pros and Cons of Statutory Rape Laws in ELIZABETH SCHROEDER, TAKING SIDES: Family & Personal Relationships, 6th Ed. (2004).
Profiling With Apologies, 1 OHIO STATE JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW 611 (2004), reprinted in Workplace Discrimination, Privacy, and Security after 9/11: PROCEEDINGS OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 55TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON LABOR (Samuel Estreicher & Matthew T. Bodie eds., 2004).
Animosity Toward Kobe Bryant's Accuser: Is the Presumption of Innocence A Presumption of False Accusation in Date Rape Cases? in Sexual Assault Report (2004).
Oil and Water: Why Retribution and Repentance Do Not Mix, 22 QUINNIPIAC L. REV. 59 (2003).
The Conviction of Andrea Yates: A Narrative of Denial, Commentary, 10 DUKE JOURNAL OF GENDER LAW & POLICY 141 (2003).
"The New Face of Racial Profiling: How Terrorism Affects the Debate" in DAVID T. CANON, JOHN J. COLEMAN, AND KENNETH R. MAYER (ED.S), THE ENDURING DEBATE: CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY READINGS IN AMERICAN POLITICS (W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 3rd Ed. 2003).
What is a Search? Two Conceptual Flaws in Fourth Amendment Doctrine & Some Hints of a Remedy, 55 STANFORD LAW REVIEW 119 (2002), reprinted in CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION & ATTORNEYS FEES ANNUAL HANDBOOK, volume 19, Steven Saltzman, ed. (Thomson West 2003), and excerpted in 30 SEARCH & SEIZURE LAW REPORT, no. 9 (Nov. 2003) and 30 SEARCH & SEIZURE LAW REPORT, no. 10 (December 2003).
"Whodunnit" Versus "What Was Done": When to Admit Character Evidence in Criminal Cases, 79 NORTH CAROLINA LAW REVIEW 939 (2001).
Stopping a Moving Target, 3 RUTGERS RACE & THE LAW REVIEW 191 (Symposium Article 2001),excerpted in 28 SEARCH & SEIZURE LAW REPORT 9 (2001).
The Character of Freedom, 52 STANFORD LAW REVIEW 235 (1999).
Insane Fear: The Discriminatory Treatment of the Mentally Ill and Dangerous, 25 NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL ON CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CONFINEMENT 341 (1999).
Some Thoughts on the Conduct/Status Distinction, 51 RUTGERS LAW REVIEW 977 (Symposium Essay 1999).
Expert Commentary, Carefully, Court Limits Procreation of Abuser, 3 THE FORENSIC ECHO, Issue 3 (February 1, 1999).
The Qualitative Dimension of Fourth Amendment "Reasonableness," 98 COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW 1642 (1998), reprinted in SEARCH AND SEIZURE LAW REPORT vol. 26, nos. 3 & 4 (1999).
The Three Faces of Evil, 86 GEORGETOWN LAW JOURNAL 677 (1998).
Expert Commentary, NGRI: Shuffled by Justice?, 2 THE FORENSIC ECHO, Issue 9 (August 1, 1998).
Innocence, Privacy and Targeting in Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence, 96 COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW 1456 (1996).
Freedom from Incarceration: Why is this Right Different from all Other Rights?, 69 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 781 (1994).
Assuming Facts Not in Evidence: A Response to Russell M. Coombs, Reforming New Jersey Evidence Law on Fresh Complaint of Rape, 25 RUTGERS LAW JOURNAL 745 (1994).
Words That Deny, Devalue and Punish: Judicial Responses to Fetus-Envy?, 72 BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 101 (1992).
Bi-weekly column on FindLaw.com (essays archived at http://writ.news.findlaw.com/colb/), with many appearing at CNN.com.
Harvard Law School J.D., magna cum laude, 1991.
Columbia College B.A. in Psychology, Summa cum laude, 1988. Valedictorian. Junior Phi Beta Kappa.
Visiting Professor, Columbia University School of Law (July 2007-June 2008).
Judge Frederick B. Lacey Scholar (2000-present)
Professor, Rutgers University School of Law-Newark (July 1999-present).
Visiting Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Law (January 2002-June 2002).
Associate Professor, Rutgers University School of Law-Newark (July 1995-June 1999).
Assistant Professor, Rutgers University School of Law-Camden (July 1993 - June 1995).
Teaching: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Mental Health Law
Law Clerk, United States Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun. 1992-93.
Law Clerk, Hon. Wilfred Feinberg of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. 1991-92.
Summer Associate & Law Clerk, Debevoise & Plimpton. 1990.
General Editor, Harvard Women's Law Journal. 1989.
Summer Associate, Stein, Zauderer, Ellenhorn, Frischer & Sharp. 1989.
Battered Women's Advocate. Spring 1989 to Fall 1989.
Research Consultant, Columbia Psychiatric Institute.
May 1987 to August 1988. Conducted research on pregnancy and stress.
Licensed Peer Counselor. Spring to Fall 1987. Provided psychological counseling to Columbia and Barnard undergraduates.
Admitted to practice: U.S. Supreme Court (1996), New York (1992), Massachusetts (1991).
Speaker, Fordham Criminal Law Seminar (presentation of book proposal regarding the "Harm Principle" in Criminal Law), Feb. 24, 2004).
Speaker, Voice of America (radio interview about "reasonable doubt" in the American Criminal Justice System, aired for several million Chinese listeners).
Colloquium Lecturer, Hoffinger Colloquium: How Retribution Feeds Recidivism (NYU Law School, Oct. 29, 2002).
NPR Commentator (aired August 2002).
Panelist, Symposium on Racial Profiling Post 9/11 (NYU Law School Spring 2002).
Panelist, Symposium: Herbert Morris (Quinnipiac Law School Spring 2002).
Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the Rules of Evidence (2002-04 Term).
Chair, New Jersey Supreme Court Subcommittee on Reform of the Hearsay Rule (2002-2004).
Presenter, Faculty Workshop at University of Pennsylvania Law School, What is a Search? Two Conceptual Flaws in Fourth Amendment Doctrine & Some Hints of a Remedy (March 5, 2002).
Presenter, Workshop at Fordham Law School, What is a Search? Two Conceptual Flaws in Fourth Amendment Doctrine & Some Hints of a Remedy (December 10, 2001).
Presenter, Workshop at Hofstra Law School, What is a Search? Two Conceptual Flaws in Fourth Amendment Doctrine & Some Hints of a Remedy (October 15, 2001).
Panelist, Television Roundtable, "Moms That Kill" on It's Your Call With Lynn Doyle (focusing on Andrea Yates homicide case) (CN8 Comcast News, June 28, 2001).
Panelist, Symposium: Racial Profiling and the Law (Rutgers 2000).
Panelist, Symposium: The Law of Civil Confinement (New England School of Law 1999).
Panelist, C.L.E. Evidence Panel: Developments in the Law of Privilege (New York State Bar Association, November 21, 1996).
1996 David J. Stoffer Lecture: "Looking For Crime In All The Wrong Places" (Rutgers 1996).
1995 - 1999 Parents & Partners Day Lecture to 1L's and their Families.
December 1996: Co-authored amicus brief supporting the right of the terminally ill to physician assistance in dying, in Washington v. Glucksberg and Vacco v. Quill, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1997.