Access Restricted to Northwestern Law CommunityThomas Geraghty
Professor of Law
Director, Bluhm Legal Clinic
Phone: (312) 503-8574
E-mail: tgeraghty@law.northwestern.edu
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
In addition to teaching, fund-raising, and administrative responsibilities, Tom Geraghty maintains an active caseload at the Bluhm Legal Clinic, concentrating primarily in criminal and juvenile defense, death penalty appeals, child-centered projects dealing with the representation of children and juvenile court reform.
During the last 5 years, Professor Geraghty has worked in Tanzania, Uganda, and Malawi on research projects with law students involving juvenile justice, the legal problems of street children, the status of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS, women in the legal profession, and freedom of the press. In 1996, He helped to design a clinical curriculum for the Addis Ababa University School of Law. In 2000, he assisted in the drafting of a proposal for a child law curriculum for the Faculty of Law at the University of Ghana in Legon. Professor Geraghty has also been involved in training African lawyers in trial advocacy skills in cooperation with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. Most recently, he designed a trial training program for children's advocates that was held in Malawi in March of 2003. A similar program is planned for Uganda in March of 2003.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Juvenile Justice
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Procedure
- Legal Ethics
- Negotiation
- Trial Advocacy
- Clinical Teaching
COURSES
PUBLICATIONS
Recent Publications
- Assessing Children’s Competence to Stand Trial and to Waive Miranda Rights , Mental Health Needs of Young Offenders, 2007
- Access to Justice: Challenges, Models, and the Participation of Non-Lawyers in Justice Delivery , Access to Justice in Africa and Beyond: Making the Rule of Law a Reality , 2007
- L’Accès à la Justice: Problèmes, Modèles et Participation des Non-Avocats à la Prestation de Services Juridiques , L’Accès à la Justice en Afrique et Au-Delà: Pour que L’État de Droit Devienne Une Réalité, 2007
- Illinois: An Assessment of Access to Counsel and Quality of Representation in Delinquency Proceedings , 2007
- The Criminal/Juvenile Clinic as a Public Interest Law Office: Defense Clinics; The Best Way to Teach Justice, MISSISSIPPI LAW JOURNAL, 2006
EDUCATION
- AB cum laude, Harvard University
- JD, Northwestern University
PRIOR APPOINTMENTS
- Associate Dean for Clinical Education, 1981-present
- Professor of Law, 1979-present
- Director, Legal Clinic, 1976-present
- Perkins-Bauer, Teaching Professor of Law, 1991-92
- Associate Professor of Law, 1976-79
- Co-director, Legal Clinic, 1973-75
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, 1973-76
- Staff Attorney, Legal Clinic, 1970-73
- Reese Teaching Professor, 2001-2002
RECENT CONSULTING ACTIVITIES
- Member, Board of Trustees, National Institute for Trial Advocacy
- Chair, Publications Committee, National Institute for Trial Advocacy
- The New Perimiter Project, DLA Piper Rudnick’s International Pro Bono Initiative
