Thomas F. Geraghty

Associate Dean for Clinical Education
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.

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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.

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AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Juvenile Justice
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
Legal Ethics

Negotiation
Trial Advocacy
Clinical Teaching

COURSES

PUBLICATIONS

Recent Publications

African Legal Education: A Missed Opportunity and Suggestions for Change: A Call for Renewed Attention to a Neglected Means of Securing Human Rights and Legal Predictability, 5 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW 87-105, 2007
Reform of Legal Education in Ethiopia: The Ethiopian Experience in the Context of History, the Present, and the Future , 22 JOURNAL OF ETHIOPIAN LAW 49-74, 2008
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
Assessing Children’s Competence to Stand Trial and to Waive Miranda Rights , Mental Health Needs of Young Offenders , 2007

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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