Access Restricted to Northwestern Law CommunityRobert P. Burns
Professor of Law
Phone: (312) 503-6613
E-mail: r-burns@law.northwestern.edu
SSRN Author Page | Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Related Links: Center for Legal Studies
Phone: (312) 503-6613
E-mail: r-burns@law.northwestern.edu
SSRN Author Page | Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Related Links: Center for Legal Studies
Robert Burns is Professor of Law and teaches in the Northwestern Program on Advocacy and Professionalism. He teaches courses in evidence, civil procedure, criminal procedure, administrative procedure, and professional responsibility. In 1996, 1998, and 2002 he was voted the Robert Childress Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence. He has been voted the Outstanding Professor of a Small Class and received a Dean’s Teaching Award. He has been both the Perkins-Bauer Teaching Professor and the Stanford Clinton, Sr. Research Professor. He is author of A Theory of the Trial (Princeton); student texts in Professional Responsibility, Trial Advocacy, and Evidence; and numerous essays and articles in books, law reviews, and other journals.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Trial Advocacy
- Legal Ethics
- Evidence
- Jurisprudence
- Procedure
COURSES
PUBLICATIONS
Representative Publications
- A THEORY OF THE TRIAL, Princeton, 1999
- PROBLEMS & MATERIALS IN EVIDENCE & TRIAL ADVOCACY, NITA, 2004
- EXERCISES & PROBLEMS IN PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, NITA, 2001
- Some Ethical Issues Surrounding Mediation, Fordham Law Review, 2001
- The Lawfulness of the American Trial, American Criminal Law Review 2001
Recent Publications
- The Death of the American Trial
- The Tasks of a Philosophy of Law in On Philosophy , American Law , 2009
- A Critical Appreciation of the American Trial in (Current) Decline, 49 STUDIES IN LAW, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY 3-23, 2009
- Cranbrooke v. Intellex, 2009
- Cranbrooke v. Intellex: Problems and Case File, 2009
EDUCATION
- AB magna cum laude, Fordham University
- JD, University of Chicago
- PhD with honors, University of Chicago
PRIOR APPOINTMENTS
- Stanford Clinton Sr. Research Professor, 1991-92
- Perkins-Bauer Teaching Professor of Law, 1988-89
- Associate Professor of Law, 1980-83
- General Counsel, Illinois Legislative Commission to Revise the Public Aid Code, 1979-80
- Staff Attorney, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, 1974-79
RECENT CONSULTING ACTIVITIES
- Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago
- Dewey Ballantine
- Jenner & Block
