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Steven Lubet

2009
  Books and other Monographs
  July 2009
1 Expert Testimony: A Guide for Expert Witnesses and the Lawyers Who Examine Them, 2nd edition (National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2009) (Co-authored by: Elizabeth I. Boals ).
  May 2009
2 Cranbrooke v. Intellex: Problems and Case File, 2nd edition (National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2009) (Co-authored by: Robert Burns).
  Newspaper Articles
  October 2009
3 Remembering the Roots of a Real Civil War in SALON (October 16, 2009 ).
2008
  Books and other Monographs
  May 2008
4 The Importance of Being Honest: How Lying, Secrecy, and Hypocrisy Collide with Truth in Law (NYU Press, 2008).
  Newspaper Articles
  October 2008
5 Sitting Across the Table from an Archenemy in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (September 30, 2008).
  March 2008
6 On Israel, Obama Has Taken a Stand in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (March 5, 2008).
  Periodical Articles
  July 2008
7 Judicial Campaign Speech and the Third Law of Motion in 22 NOTRE DAME JOURNAL OF LAW, ETHICS & PUBLIC POLICY 425-434 (2008).
2007
  Newspaper Articles
  November 2007
8 Cutting Choices in AMERICAN LAWYER (November 1, 2007).
  September 2007
9 The Disreputer in AMERICAN LAWYER (September 1, 2007).
  July 2007
10 Ant-size Loopholes Can Produce Big Problems in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (June 11, 2007).
11 Shut Up! No, You Shut Up! in LEGAL TIMES (June 18, 2007).
12 Civility Deposed in SAN FRANCISCO RECORDER (June 22, 2007).
13 Welcome to Obidas! in NEW YORK TIMES (July 23, 2007).
14 We Loved Obidas (Or Was It Omylas?) in INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE (July 23, 2007).
15 Bare Facts in AMERICAN LAWYER (July 2007).
16 Law Students Gone Wild in LEGAL TIMES (July 16, 2007).
  May 2007
17 Above It All in AMERICAN LAWYER (May 2007).
  April 2007
18 Do We Need to See Her Face? in LEGAL TIMES (April 2, 2007).
  March 2007
19 Flag Protesters Missing a Point in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (March 23, 2007).
20 Veiled Truth in AMERICAN LAWYER (March 2007).
21 When Does a Muslim Veil Become a Poker Face? in CHICAGO SUN-TIMES (March 11, 2007).
  February 2007
22 I Made the Government Admit It Was Wrong in SALON (February 21, 2007).
  January 2007
23 The Citizenship Test: New, Improved and Wrong in SALON (January 3, 2007 ).
24 Stewart’s Sanctimony: Despite Her Proclamations From the Courthouse Steps, Lynne Stewart is No Martyr in AMERICAN LAWYER (January 2007).
2006
  Books and other Monographs
  May 2006
25 Lawyers' Poker: 52 Lessons That Lawyers Can Learn From Card Players (Oxford University Press, 2006).
  April 2006
26 Modern Trial Advocacy (People’s Republic of China Edition).
  Newspaper Articles
  November 2006
27 We Can’t Vote on Science in LEGAL TIMES (November 27, 2006).
28 People for Pluto in AMERICAN LAWYER (November 1, 2006).
  September 2006
29 Why Judges Acquit in THE AMERICAN LAWYER (September 2006).
  August 2006
  op-ed piece
30 Use Pluto’s Dwarf Status to Think Big in NEWSDAY (August 28, 2006) (Co-authored by: Jeffrey Mallow).
31 Wrong Lessons in PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER (August 28, 2006) (Co-authored by: Jeffrey Mallow).
32 Kids Lobbying for Pluto Sends Wrong Message on Science in CHICAGO SUN TIMES (August 27, 2006) (Co-authored by: Jeffrey Mallow).
33 Pitting Secular Law and 'Higher Law' Woman Misuses Sanctuary Tradition in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (August 22, 2006) (Co-authored by: Jeffrey Mallow).
  July 2006
34 Our Sacrifice to Themis in LEGAL TIMES (July 17, 2006).
  May 2006
35 Practicing Law is a Lot Like Playing Cards: Both Require Tactical Decision Making in the Face of Uncertainty in AMERICAN LAWYER (May 2006).
36 WBEZ Has Air Time to Fill? Tune in on the Canadians in CHICAGO SUN-TIMES (May 15, 2006).
  April 2006
37 McKinney v. Capitol Police: Who'll Blink First? in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (April 5, 2006).
38 Rep. McKinney Uses Poker Strategy as Defense in MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL (April 5, 2006).
  March 2006
39 Cougar Spotting in AMERICAN LAWYER (March 2006).
  February 2006
40 On Alito: Oh, Those Woebegone Democrats in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (February 1, 2006).
41 The Alito Confirmation; How Democrats Lost the Political Battle in SAN DIEGO TRIBUNE (February 1, 2006).
  January 2006
42 Making the Calls: Neutrality Counts for Both Umps and Supreme Court Justices-but It Doesn't Hurt that They Know Their Decisions are Final in AMERICAN LAWYER (January 2006).
  Periodical Articles
  December 2006
43 In Facetiis Verititas: How Improvisational Comedy Can Help Trial Lawyers Get Some Chops in 7 TEXAS REVIEW OF ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS LAW 1-13 (2006) (Co-authored by: Thomas Hankinson ).
  November 2006
44 The Inciting Incident in LITIGATION (Fall 2006).
  August 2006
45 The Triage Trilemma in 34 HOFSTRA LAW REVIEW 673-687 (2006).
  May 2006
46 Tilt in 58 MAINE LAW REVIEW 129-133 (2006).
47 Lesson 7: Overplaying in 9 GREEN BAG 243-245 (2006).
  March 2006
48 A Series of Reviews of Eat What You Kill by Milton C. Regan, Jr. - False Flats in 19 GEORGETOWN JOURNAL OF LEGAL ETHICS 275-280 (2006).
  January 2006
49 Trial Theory and Blind Poetics in 100 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 295-302 (2006).
2005
  Newspaper Articles
  November 2005
50 A Man of Integrity in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (November 18, 2005) (Co-authored by: David McGowan).
51 Judicial Temperament in BALTIMORE SUN (November 28, 2005) (Co-authored by: David McGowan).
52 A Chicago Story in AMERICAN LAWYER (November 2005).
53 They Lived Happily Ever After in LEGAL TIMES (November 14, 2005).
  September 2005
54 Godly vs. Secular in AMERICAN LAWYER (September 2005).
55 Roberts' Bad Decision in LOS ANGELES TIMES (September 13, 2005) (Co-authored by: Stephen Gillers and David Luban).
  July 2005
  op-ed piece
56 Reinventing the Slippery Slope-For Karl in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (July 28, 2005) .
57 Independent, Yes; Moderate, Not Really in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (July 3, 2005) .
  May 2005
58 Faith, Hope, and Lawyering: An Appreciation of Murdered Attorney Mike Lefko, Whose Life Proved that Liberalism and Devotion Can Peacefully Coexist in AMERICAN LAWYER (May, 2005).
  April 2005
59 Cops on Trial: Why Murder Cases Fail in NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL (April 25, 2005).
  op-ed piece
60 Misplaying the Filibuster in BOSTON GLOBE (April 26, 2005) .
61 Democrats Misplay Cards in High Stakes Filibuster Fight in BALTIMORE SUN (April 29, 2005) .
62 The Politics of Blinking First in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (April 24, 2005) .
63 The Nuclear Option: With a Hand Like This, Dems Need to Lower the Stakes in SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (April 26, 2005) .
  March 2005
64 Artificial Intelligence: Law School Tests and Bar Exams Reward Skills that are Largely Disconnected from Everyday Lawyering in AMERICAN LAWYER (March 2005).
  February 2005
65 Why Dems Should Fight Hard for the Arnold Amendment in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (February 23, 2005).
66 Three Reasons to Join the 'Arnold Amendment' Bandwagon in PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER (February 25, 2005).
  January 2005
67 A Liberal Case for Chief Justice Scalia in NEWSDAY (January 3, 2005).
68 Hasta la Vista, Electors in AMERICAN LAWYER (January 2005).
  Periodical Articles
  December 2005
69 Sidebar: The Game Is Lawyer’s Poker in 32 LITIGATION 59 (Fall 2005).
  October 2005
70 Celebrity Trials in AMERICAN HERITAGE (October 2005).
  August 2005
71 Improper Advances: Talking Dream Jobs With the Judge Out of Court in SLATE (August 17, 2005) (Co-authored by: Stephen Gillers, and David Luban).
  March 2005
72 Wyatt Earp on Trial: How Cross Examination Really Won the West in 31 LITIGATION 51-54 (2005).
73 The Importance of Being Honest in 8 GREEN BAG 2D 163-171 (2005).
2004
  Books and other Monographs
  July 2004
74 Problems and Materials in Evidence and Trial Advocacy, 4th edition (NITA, 2004) (Co-authored by: Robert Burns).
  June 2004
75 Evidence In Context: A Trial Evidence Workbook, 3rd edition (NITA, 2004) (Co-authored by: Robert Burns, and James Seckinger).
76 Evidence in Context: Teacher's Manual, 3rd edition (NITA, 2004) (Co-authored by: Robert Burns, and James Seckinger).
  May 2004
77 Modern Trial Advocacy, 3rd edition (National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2004).
  April 2004
78 Arbitration Advocacy, 2nd edition (NITA, 2004) (Co-authored by: John W. Cooley).
  January 2004
79 Murder in Tombstone: The Forgotten Trial of Wyatt Earp (Yale University Press, 2004).
  Newspaper Articles
  December 2004
  op-ed piece
80 No Sinister Liberal Scheme on Campus in BALTIMORE SUN (December 29, 2004) .
81 Conservatives Complain About Campus Shut-Outs in DETROIT FREE PRESS (December 21, 2004) .
82 Campus Diversity: No Conspiracies Behind Faculties' Lean to the Left in ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION (December 7, 2004) .
83 Why Republicans Shun Ivory Towers in SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (December 2, 2004) .
84 Nothing Sinister About Liberal Campuses in MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE (December 1, 2004) .
85 Does It Take Liberal Thoughts In Order to Teach at University Level in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (November 30, 2004) .
  November 2004
86 The Clinton Miscalculus: If the President Had Trusted His Lawyer, History Itself Might Be Different in AMERICAN LAWYER (November 1, 2004).
  September 2004
87 Marshal Law in THE AMERICAN LAWYER (October 1, 2004).
  August 2004
  op-ed piece
88 Dispiriting the Law in AMERICAN LAWYER (August 2004) .
89 The Money We Don't Earn in LEGAL TIMES (August 2, 2004) .
90 Railroaded in SAN FRANCISCO RECORDER (August 6, 2004) .
91 Exorbitant Fees, for Precious Little Work, Give Justice a Bad Name in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (August 8, 2004) .
  July 2004
  op-ed piece
92 Lack of Regard Shown for Israel's Security Concerns in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (July 13, 2004) .
93 Judgment on the Wall: Court Ignores Israel's Security in SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (July 14, 2004) .
94 In Ruling on Barrier, the U.N. International Court Ignores the Basic Need of Security in DETROIT FREE PRESS (July 13, 2004) .
  June 2004
  op-ed piece
95 When Judges Investigate Judges in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (June 3, 2004) .
96 An Examination of Judicial Conduct in SAN DIEGO TRIBUNE (June 8, 2004) .
97 Oyez, O Muse in AMERICAN LAWYER (June 1, 2004) .
98 Martha Stewart's Makeover in SAN FRANCISCO RECORDER (June 4, 2004) .
  April 2004
99 Virtue Is Its Own Reward in AMERICAN LAWYER (April 2004).
  March 2004
100 In One Key Area (the Chief) Justice is Indeed Blind in LOS ANGELES TIMES (March 19, 2004) (Co-authored by: Erwin Chemerinsky) .
  February 2004
101 Flagging Responses: In Which the Writer Replies to His Readers about Patriotism, Liberalism, and Pragmatism in AMERICAN LAWYER (February 2004).
102 Justice Compromised in BALTIMORE SUN (February 2, 2004) .
103 Perspectives on Same Sex Marriage: An Amendment that Would Freeze the Will of the People in SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (February 10, 2004) (Co-authored by: Andrew Koppelman) .
  January 2004
  op-ed piece
104 When the Vacation Gets Tricky: Should Scalia and Cheney Have Gone Duck Hunting Together? in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (January 27, 2004) .
  Periodical Articles
  October 2004
105 Lawyers' Poker in 53 DEFENSE LAW JOURNAL 533-562 (2004).
  July 2004
106 Flagging Responses in THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE (July 2004).
  June 2004
107 Toward Purposeful Dissent: Liberal Professor Believes Flag Amendment Hurts No One in THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE (June 2004).
  January 2004
108 Division of Authority Between Attorney and Client: The Case of the Benevolent Otolaryngologist in 2003 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LAW REVIEW 1275-1297 (Co-authored by: Robert P. Burns).
2003
  Books and other Monographs
  January 2003
109 Modern Trial Advocacy: Analysis and Practice has been published in Chinese (Business Weekly Publications) .
  Newspaper Articles
  October 2003
110 Picking Your Fights; The Liberal Case for Not Resisting the Ban on Flag Desecration in AMERICAN LAWYER (October 2003).
  September 2003
  op-ed piece
111 Beware of Politicians in Black Robes in FULTON COUNTY DAILY REPORT (September 9, 2003) .
  August 2003
  op-ed piece
112 Effort to Save Alabama Judge from Himself Hurts Cause Even More in DETROIT FREE PRESS (August 27, 2003) .
113 Confusing Matters in the Ten Commandments Case in SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE (August 27, 2003) .
114 Judges Shouldn't Be Engaging in Civil Disobedience in DALLAS MORNING NEWS (August 27, 2003) .
115 Judge Has Provoked Legal Tussle in NEWSDAY (August 22, 2003) .
116 Thou Shall Not Be Meddlesome in PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER (August 19, 2003) .
117 Judge's Defiance of Federal Court a Blow to the Rule of Law in CHICAGO SUN-TIMES (August 13, 2003) .
118 It's Not a Bad Script, It's a Recall Election in California in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (August 8, 2003) .
119 Who's the Real Winner? Elections for Judges May Be Here to Stay, But Crass Campaign Promises Must Stop in LEGAL TIMES (August 11, 2003) .
120 Pledges and Promises in Judicial Campaigns in TEXAS LAWYER (August 18, 2003) .
  July 2003
121 Black Robe Politics in THE AMERICAN LAWYER (July 2003).
  June 2003
  op-ed piece
122 Affirmative Action Battle Has Just Begun in BALTIMORE SUN (June 25, 2003) .
123 Michigan Ruling No Decisive Victory for Affirmative Action in CHICAGO SUN-TIMES (June 25, 2003) .
124 Affirmative Action Wins-Sort Of in NEWSDAY (June 24, 2003) .
125 Close Calls Ahead for Affirmative Action in RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER (June 25, 2003) .
  May 2003
  op-ed piece
126 My Lawyer Made Me Do It in AMERICAN LAWYER (May 1, 2003) .
127 When the Church Takes Advantage in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (May 27, 2003) .
  April 2003
  editorial
128 Why Our Federal Judges Deserve a Decent Pay Increase in CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 45 (April 21, 2003) .
  March 2003
129 Judging Pay in AMERICAN LAWYER, 114 (March 2003).
  January 2003
  op-ed piece
130 Medical Malpractice at a Discount in CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 19 (January 22, 2003) .
131 Bush Malpractice Plan Is Very Bad Medicine in NEWSDAY, 39 (January 24, 2003) .
132 Dog Tales in NEWSDAY, A23 (January 6, 2003) .
  Periodical Articles
  September 2003
133 Lawyers' Poker in 57 UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LAW REVIEW 283-310 (2003).
  May 2003
134 Like a Surgeon in 88 CORNELL LAW REVIEW 1178-1197 (2003).
135 Showing Your Hand: A Counter-Intuitive Strategy for Deposition Defense in 29 LITIGATION 38-40, 67 (Winter 2003).
136 Slavery on Trial: The Case of the Oberlin Rescue in 54 ALABAMA LAW REVIEW 785-829 (2003).
  April 2003
137 Political Activities of Supreme Court Spouses in 18 VIRGINIA JOURNAL OF LAW & POLITICS 635-642 (2002).
  February 2003
138 Document Destruction After Arthur Andersen: Is It Still Housekeeping or Is It a Crime? in 4 JOURNAL OF APPELLATE PRACTICE AND PROCESS 323 (2002).
  January 2003
139 Poker Courtroom: What Lawyers Can Learn from Card Players in 6 GREEN BAG 2D 203-213 (2003).
2002
  Newspaper Articles
  December 2002
  op-ed piece
140 Bush Shouldn't Provoke a Fight Over Nominees in DALLAS NEWS (December 15, 2002) .
141 Bush Court Picks: Right or 'Right'? in NEWSDAY, A33 (December 3, 2002) .
142 A Way Out of Another Nasty Fight in CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 27 (December 3, 2002) .
143 Poor Judgment: Bush Would Needlessly Alienate Democrats With Two Court Nominees in NEWARK STAR-LEDGER (December 11, 2002) .
144 Bush Shouldn't Try to Revive Controversial Court Nominees in ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 11A (December 16, 2002) .
145 Which Hurt Their Dignity More, A Lawyer's Rude Comment or the Judges' Harsh Response? in LEGAL TIMES, 35 (December 2, 2002) .
146 A Footnote Most Foul in THE RECORDER (December 6, 2002) .
  November 2002
147 Free Speech Rights Don't End in Courtroom in CHICAGO SUN-TIMES (November 6, 2002).
  October 2002
  op-ed piece
148 Blaming Jews for All That's Wrong With the World in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (October 20, 2002) .
149 Divesting in Israel; Anti-Semitism Unleashed in BALTIMORE SUN (October 18, 2002) .
  August 2002
150 Texas Justice Should Be Judged on Merits in CHICAGO SUN-TIMES (August 28, 2002).
151 Sniping Fails to Study Judge's Merits in ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION (August 28, 2002).
  July 2002
  op-ed piece
152 Air Space in NEWSDAY, page A22 (July 8, 2002) .
153 Impartiality Lost When Justice Hits Campaign Trail in BALTIMORE SUN (July 3, 2002) .
154 Muzzle Views of Candidates for Judgeships in ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION, page A18 (July 3, 2002) .
155 Judges Shouldn't Be Able to Tailor Rulings to Public in DALLAS MORNING NEWS (July 2, 2002) .
156 Bad Policy Headed for Courtrooms in CHICAGO TRIBUNE, page 17 (July 2, 2002) .
157 And Now, Judicial Campaign Promises in SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE, page B11 (June 28, 2002) .
  June 2002
158 Prosecuting Our Enemy Combatants in CHICAGO TRIBUNE, page 9 (June 23, 2002).
159 Law Protects Choice, Not Privacy in NEWSDAY, page A35 (June 5, 2002).
  April 2002
  op-ed piece
160 There's a Difference Between Defense, Assist in CHICAGO SUN TIMES (May 1, 2002) .
161 A Muslim Lawyer for Moussaoui in NEW YORK TIMES (April 25, 2002) .
162 Attorneys, Too, Must Obey the Law in NEWSDAY (April 24, 2002) .
163 A Test for 'Peace Activists' in NEW YORK POST (April 8, 2002) .
164 The Evolving Definition of 'Peace Activist' in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (April 3, 2002) .
165 The Spouse Speaks in LEGAL TIMES (April 1, 2002) .
166 Virginia Thomas is Using Her Husband's Trials for Advancement in FULTON COUNTY DAILY REPORT (April 2, 2002) .
167 Spousal Privilege in SAN FRANCISCO RECORDER (April 3, 2002) .
  March 2002
  op-ed piece
168 Supreme Court Spouse Shatters All Boundaries of Restraint in DETROIT FREE PRESS, page 9A (March 27, 2002) .
169 Did the Missus Go Too Far? in CHICAGO TRIBUNE, page 27 (March 20, 2002) .
170 The Case Against Pickering in MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, page 9A (March 11, 2002) .
171 Court Nominee Showed Unseemly Leniency To Cross Burner in MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE (March 6, 2002) .
172 Appeals Court Nominee Carries Cross For Bigots in ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION (March 1, 2002) .
  February 2002
173 The Judge and the Cross Burner in THE BALTIMORE SUN (February 28,2002).
  Other
  May 2002
  commentary
174 Where the Urban Gentry Dallies was on WBEZ Radio (May 20, 2002).
  Periodical Articles
  October 2002
175 Rethinking Deposition Defense: The Case for Strategic Disclosure in 26 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRIAL ADVOCACY 14-26 (2002).
  August 2002
176 Judicial Campaign Conduct Committees: Some Reservations About an Elegant Solution in 35 INDIANA LAW REVIEW 807-818 (2002).
177 Objecting reprinted in this Special Anniversary Edition from 16 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRIAL ADVOCACY 213 in 25 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRIAL ADVOCACY 231-270 (2002) .
  May 2002
178 Steven Lubet was a participant in a panel, with Harold See, Sandy Keith, Erik Jaffee and Erick Kaardal, Judicial Elections and Free Speech: Ethics and a Judge's Campaign Rhetoric in 33 UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVIEW 315-334 (2002) (Co-authored by: Harold See, Sandy Keith, Erik Jaffee and Erick Kaardal) .
  February 2002
179 Legal Lore: So Perish All Enemies of the Union in 28 LITIGATION 51-56, 66 (Winter 2002).
2001
  Books and other Monographs
  December 2001
180 Mock Trials: Preparing, Presenting, and Winning Your Case (National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2001) (Co-authored by: Jill Trumbull-Harris).
181 Advocacia de Arbitragem (Universidade de Brasilia, 2001) .
  August 2001
182 Problems and Materials in Evidence and Trial Advocacy, 3rd ed. (NITA, 2001) at Volume 1 & 2 and Teacher's Manual (Co-authored by: Robert P. Burns and James Seckinger) .
183 Evidence in Context, 2nd ed. (NITA, 2001) (Co-authored by: Robert P. Burns and James Seckinger) .
184 Exercises and Problems in Professional Responsibility, 2nd ed. (NITA, 2001) (Co-authored by: Robert P. Burns and Thomas Geraghty) .
  April 2001
185 Nothing But the Truth: Why Trial Lawyers Don't, Can't, and Shouldn't Have to Tell the Whole Truth (New York University Press, 2001) .
  January 2001
186 Modern Trial Advocacy, Law School edition (National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2000) .
  Newspaper Articles
  November 2001
187 Elusive War Against Terrorism Isn't Unprecedented in NEWSDAY, A35 (November 6, 2001).
188 Haven't We Fought This Battle Before? in CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 21 (November 4, 2001).
  October 2001
  op-ed piece
189 Trial Rules Will Fail in War in DALLAS MORNING NEWS, page 17A (October 9, 2001) .
190 War Offers Best Defense in BALTIMORE SUN, page 21A (October 9, 2001) .
191 When 'Justice' Means War in NEW YORK POST (October 8, 2001) .
  September 2001
192 Why Trials Are Not an Alternative to War in SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (September 27, 2001) .
193 The Best Place for Justice: Criminal Justice System Not Designed to Halt Terrorism in SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE, page B7 (September 26, 2001) .
194 This Calls for War in CHICAGO TRIBUNE, page 19 (September 25, 2001) .
195 Judiciary Can't Fill In For Military in ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION (September 25, 2001) .
196 Just Who Made Federal Judges God? in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (August 10, 2001) .
197 There's Nothing Funny About Judicial Thugs in ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION (August 8, 2001) .
  July 2001
  op-ed piece
198 Microsoft Case Opens Window of Fairness for All in BALTIMORE SUN (July 5, 2001) .
199 Gates Benefitted From Principle of Impartiality in THE RECORD, page L11 (July 6, 2001) .
200 Steven Lubet is the co-author for The Microsoft Case and Judicial Ethics in SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE (July 3, 2001) .
201 Steven Lubet is the co-author for Saved--For the Moment--By a Technicality in CHICAGO TRIBUNE ( July 3, 2001) .
202 Steven Lubet is the co-author for Reversal in Microsoft Case Is a Matter of Fairness in PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER (July 1, 2001) .
203 Steven Lubet is the co-author for Microsoft Decision Spotlights A System's Fairness in NEWSDAY, Page B5 (July 1, 2001) .
  June 2001
204 A Prosecutor's Complex Dual Role in NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL, A20 (June 15, 2001) .
  May 2001
205 High Court Presents Roadmap for Overturning Abortion Rights in ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION (May 18, 2001) .
206 First Medical Marijuana, Next Abortion Rights in CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 27 (May 17, 2001) .
  March 2001
207 What's An Employee to Do? in NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL, A32 (March 19, 2001) .
  January 2001
  op-ed piece
208 It Takes a Plea Agreement: Clinton's 'Moment of Truth' A Meaningful Public Consequence in CHICAGO TRIBUNE, page 15 (January 23, 2001) .
209 Clinton's Law License Was Key That Opened Door to Plea Deal in ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION (January 23, 2001) .
210 Appropriate Punishment for Clinton in SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, page B-9 (January 23, 2001) .
211 Clinton Deal Was Right Thing to Do in NEWSDAY, page B06 (January 21, 2001) .
  Periodical Articles
  December 2001
212 Storytelling and Trials: Playing the "Race Card" in Nineteenth-Century Italy in 31 STETSON LAW REVIEW 49-59 (2001).
  October 2001
213 Bullying From the Bench in 5 GREEN BAG 11-16 (2001) .
  August 2001
214 Slap Leather! Legal Culture, Wild Bill Hickok, and the Gunslinger Myth in 48 UCLA LAW REVIEW 1545-1555 (2001) .
215 Story Framing in 74 TEMPLE LAW REVIEW 59-67 (2001) .
  July 2001
216 Free Speech and Judicial Neutrality: A Reply to Monroe Freedman in COURT REVIEW 6 (Winter 2001) .
  May 2001
217 On Attention Span: Comment on Marianne Wesson's "A Novelist's Perspective" in 50 DEPAUL LAW REVIEW 633-634 (2000) .
  April 2001
218 Stupid Judge Tricks in 41 SOUTH TEXAS LAW REVIEW 1301-1314 (2000) .
  February 2001
219 The Forgotten Trial of Wyatt Earp in 72 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW REVIEW 1-51 (2001) .
220 Should Wyatt Earp Have Been Hanged? in 48 TRUE WEST 50-56 (2001) .
2000
  Newspaper Articles
  October 2000
  op-ed piece
221 A Safer Country Thanks to Lawyers in DETROIT FREE PRESS (Oct. 25, 2000) .
222 Unlikely Heros in Firestone Fiasco in SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, page A25 (Oct. 13, 2000) .
223 Credit Lawyers for Firestone in BALTIMORE SUN, page 21A (Oct. 12, 2000) .
224 In the Firestone Case, Trial Lawyers Are the Real Heroes in SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, page B7 (Oct. 11, 2000) .
225 After the Firestone Debacle, Ya Gotta Love Lawyers in CHICAGO TRIBUNE, page 25 (Oct. 6, 2000) .
226 Greedy Lawyers Are Often the Public's Allies in NEWSDAY, page A44 (Oct. 4, 2000) .
  August 2000
  editorial
227 Vetting the Veep Was Too Vital to Let Cheney Clear Himself in NEWSDAY (August 10, 2000) .
  July 2000
  op-ed piece
228 Hillary Bashing in CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 21 (July 27, 2000) .
229 Alabama Judge is Determined to Post Ten Commandments in CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 23 (July 6, 2000) .
230 It Wasn't Just Praying in Texas Case in NEWSDAY, A23 (June 26, 2000) .
  June 2000
  op-ed piece
231 Judge's Prayers Wrong in ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION (June 13, 2000) .
232 A Victory for Families and the Rule of Law in HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 4 (June 4, 2000) .
  May 2000
233 Let the Jury Decide...Except When There's Big Money at Stake in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (May 26, 2000).
234 Witch Hunt in a Public School in SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (April 16, 2000).
235 Elian Case Mustn't Become Street Battle in NEWSDAY (April 6, 2000).
236 Ethics Clash of Two Giants in NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL (April 3, 2000).
237 Chasing Matza in FARBRENGEN, PASSOVER 5760 (April 2000).
  March 2000
  op-ed piece
238 No More Mr. Nice Guys; Picking the Second Banana in CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 13 (March 14, 2000) .
  February 2000
239 Michael Jordan's Agent Could be Called for Foul Play in NEWSDAY, page A58 (Feb. 17, 2000).
240 Thou Shalt Not Judge in CHICAGO TRIBUNE, page 21 (Feb. 16, 2000).
241 Wicca Serves As Easy Target in ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION (Feb. 15, 2000) .
242 Michael Jordan's Endorsement Deals Versus Player Contracts; Can the Wizard's New President Do His Job Fairly? in SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, page 21 (Feb. 9, 2000).
  January 2000
243 Football's Lesson in Conflicts of Interest in NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL, A21 (Jan. 31, 2000).
  op-ed piece
244 Parents' Rights Must Prevail in DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 18A (Jan. 18, 2000) .
245 Courts Not Always Best Judge of Children's Rights, Interests in BALTIMORE SUN, 11A (Jan. 16, 2000) .
246 Parent Trap? Grandparents' Rights Should be Determined by Parents, Not the Courts in CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 23 (Jan. 13, 2000) .
247 Courts Not Always the Best Judge of Children's Rights and Interests in PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER (Jan. 13, 2000) .
248 Why Courts Don't Make Good Parents in SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE (Jan. 13, 2000) .
  Other
  October 2000
  National Public Radio commentary
249 Running the Presidential Debate Like a Sporting Event was on Morning Edition, National Public Radio (Oct. 9, 2000).
  May 2000
  National Public Radio commentary
250 I Always Figured That Ethics Would Come in Handy Some Day was on Morning Edition, National Public Radio (May 8, 2000).
251 Don't You Dare Fling Your Butts Out of the Window was on Morning Edition, National Public Radio (April 14, 2000).
  Periodical Articles
  December 2000
252 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: Truth or Justice in the Old West in 48 UCLA LAW REVIEW 353-373 (2000) .
  November 2000
253 Murder in the Streets of Tombstone: A Legendary Theory of the Case in 27 LITIGATION 35 (Fall, 2000) .
254 On Judge Posner and the Perils of Commenting on Pending or Impending Proceedings in 37 COURT REVIEW 4 (Summer, 2000) .
255 When Is an Investigation Merely an Investigation: A Response to Posner in 37 COURT REVIEW 7 (Summer, 2000) .
  August 2000
256 Intimations of Contemporary Law and Politics in the Early Oeuvre of Robert A. Zimmerman in 3 GREEN BAG 2d 459-462 (2000) (Co-authored by: Alex J. Lubet) .
  June 2000
257 The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara: Contemporary Lessons in the Child Welfare Wars in 45 VILLANOVA LAW REVIEW 245-288 (2000).
258 A Life Well Lived in 13 GEORGETOWN JOURNAL OF LEGAL ETHICS 575-576 (2000).
  May 2000
  book review
259 Rumpled Truth on Trial in 94 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 627-641 (2000) .
  March 2000
260 Conflict of Interest at the O.K. Corral in 3 GREEN BAG 141-147 (2000).
  February 2000
261 There Are No Scriveners Here in 43 TRIAL LAWYERS GUIDE 66-79 (2000) .
1999
  Books and other Monographs
  December 1999
262 Judicial Conduct and Ethics, 3rd ed. (Lexis Law Publishing, 2000) (Co-authored by: Jeffrey M. Shaman, and James J. Alfini).
  Newspaper Articles
  November 1999
  op-ed piece
263 Michigan's Deerest Pastime in DETROIT FREE PRESS (Nov. 15, 1999) .
264 Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (Nov. 14, 1999) .
265 Do You Want To Be a Real Judge, or Play One? in DES MOINES REGISTER (Nov. 9, 1999) .
266 The 'Real' Judge Joe Brown Is Being Injudicious in NEWSDAY (Nov. 4, 1999) .
267 'Judge Joe Brown' is Unethical in MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL (Oct. 15, 1999) .
268 Peace and Legal Normalcy in NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL (Oct. 4, 1999) .
269 We Find 'Judge Joe Brown' is Unethical in CHICAGO TRIBUNE (Oct. 3, 1999) .
  Periodical Articles
  October 1999
270 Expert Witnesses: Ethics and Professionalism in 12 GEORGETOWN JOURNAL OF LEGAL ETHICS 465-488 (1999).
  September 1999
271 Reconstructing Atticus Finch in 97 MICHIGAN LAW REVIEW 1339-1362 (1999).
272 Reply [to responses by Althouse, Atkinson, Powell, Simon, and Stone] in 97 MICHIGAN LAW REVIEW 1382-1384 (1999).
  August 1999
273 There Are No Scriveners Here in 84 IOWA LAW REVIEW 341-350 (1999).
274 Expert Testimony: A Survivor's Guide to Cross Examination in COURT CALL 1 (Winter, 1999).
275 Decalogue Divisiveness in CHURCH & STATE 13 (May, 1999).
  July 1999
  book review
276 Judical Kidnapping, Then and Now: The Case of Edgardo Mortara in 93 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 961-975 (1999) .
  May 1999
277 Judicial Discipline and Judicial Independence in 61 LAW AND CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS 59-74 (1998).
  April 1999
278 Lubet Replies to Edelman: Mistakes? What Mistakes? in 93 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 347-349 (1998).
  March 1999
279 Moral Adventures in Narrative Lawyering in 2 GREEN BAG 2D 179-189 (1999).


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