CURRICULUM VITAE
STEVEN ANDREW DRIZIN 428 Elder Lane Winnetka, IL 60093 (847) 446-6778 (h) (312) 503-8576 (w) (312) 503-8977 (FAX) [email protected]
EDUCATION
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Chicago, Illinois Juris Doctor, May 1986 HONORS: Dean's List, Semesters 1, 2, 6; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, 1985-1986.
HAVERFORD COLLEGE Haverford, Pennsylvania Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, 1983 HONORS: Graduated with Honors in Political Science
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY BLUHM LEGAL CLINIC August 1991- present NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
Co-Director, Center on Wrongful Convictions, January 1, 2019- Assistant Dean, Legal Clinic, September 2013-September 2017 Assistant Director, Legal Clinic, January 1, 2001-September 2013 Co-Founder, Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth January 2008 Legal Director, Center on Wrongful Convictions, March 2005-August 2013 Clinical Professor of Law, January 1, 2004-Present Supervising Attorney, Children and Family Justice Center, June 1993 – March 2005 Lecturer in Criminal Law to First Year Students, 2000-2003 Adjunct Faculty Member, Pretrial Litigation/ Professional Responsibility, 1993-1996
SACHNOFF & WEAVER LTD. Chicago, Illinois
Litigation Associate, September 1986-October 1988 September 1989-August 1991
1 Practice in commercial litigation, including federal and state civil procedure, securities fraud, fraudulent conveyance, bankruptcy, Section 1983, prisoner's rights, and breach of contract actions.
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP
LAW CLERK TO THE HONORABLE ILANA D. ROVNER, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION, 1988-1989.
AWARDS
The Haverford Award, an award by Haverford College to alums who reflect Haverford's concern with the uses to which they put their knowledge, humanity, initiative, and individuality (2018).
The Arc US/National Center on Criminal Justice and Disability (NCCJD) Inaugural Robert Perske Award(2018)(for legal advocacy on behalf of intellectually and developmentally disabled citizens)
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Dawn Clark Netsch Public Service Award (with Laura Nirider)(2017)(recognizing Northwestern law school alumni for exceptional career achievements and dedication to government service or public interest.)
Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth’s Healing and Hope Award (with Laura Nirider)(2016) (for advocacy on behalf of some of the most vulnerable children in the country, particularly for our amicus brief in Montgomery v. Louisiana and our work on behalf of Brendan Dassey)
Congressional Black Caucus Veterans Braintrust Award (2016)(for work related to the exoneration of former Civil Rights Leader and Korean War Veteran Clyde Kennard)
American Bar Association’s Livingston Hall Award (2005) (recognizes an “unsung hero, an attorney working in the juvenile justice field who embodies both exceptional dedication and advocacy skills”)
Law School Dean’s Teaching Award (2003-2004, 2007-2008)(established in 1998, the annual Dean’s teaching awards are awarded to approximately the top six faculty members with the highest total score for the just completed academic year based on both the quality of their teaching as measured by the student teaching evaluations and their student load (number of students taught and contact hours) during that period.
National Juvenile Defender Center’s Juvenile Defender Leadership Award (2000) (for outstanding dedication and advocacy in the juvenile justice field. October 26, 2000 in Houston, TX.)
2 National Council on Crime & Delinquency’s PASS (Prevention for a Safer Society) Award (1999): “Recognizing – through work in the media and the community that crime in America can only de reduced and controlled when our people understand and solve the societal problems that produce it. Prevention will produce a safer society.”)
BAR ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES AND COMMITTEE WORK
MIDWEST JUVENILE DEFENDER CENTER Co-Director (2000-2001)
The Midwest Regional Juvenile Defender Center is an arm of the ABA’s National Juvenile Defender Center in Washington, D.C. The mission of the Center, which serves juvenile defenders in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, is to provide leadership and resources for juvenile defenders in order that they may serve their clients and promote justice for children.
NATIONAL INNOCENCE NETWORK Board Member (2006-2013) Co-Director, Amicus Committee (2006-2013)
CHICAGO BAR ASSOCIATION
Chair, Juvenile Law Committee (1994-1995) Vice-Chair, Juvenile Law Committee (1993-1994)
COOK COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION ALTERNATIVES INITIATIVE
Member of Task Force funded by Annie E. Casey Foundation to develop alternatives to detention for non-adjudicated juveniles in Cook County and to find ways to reduce overcrowding at the detention center. (1993-1996)
COOK COUNTY JUVENILE COURT DRUG PROGRAM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (October 1996)
ILLINOIS COUNCIL FOR THE PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE, POLICY COMMITTEE (July 1996)
ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON JUVENILE JUSTICE (October 1994 - May 1996)
Named by Governor James Edgar to 29 member Task Force to study issues relating to juvenile justice and make recommendations to Governor and Illinois General Assembly. Final Report of Committee was issued in May 1996. Wrote a Dissent to Report which is incorporated in the Report.
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SIGNIFICANT LEGAL CASES
FEDERAL CASES
Brendan Dassey v. Michael Dittman, 201 F.Supp. 3d 963 (E.D. Wi. 2016)(federal habeas corpus decision granting relief to 16-year-old defendant who gave “involuntary” confession), aff’d 860 F.3d 933 (7th Cir. 2017), reh’g en banc granted and district court’s grant of habeas relief reversed, 877 F.3d 297 (7th Cir. 2017)
Montgomery v. Louisiana, 577 U.S. ___, 136 S. Ct. 718 (2016)(co-authored amicus brief on behalf of child advocacy organizations in case arguing that Miller v. Alabama’s holding abolishing mandatory life without parole sentences is retroactive)
J.D.B. v. North Carolina, 564 U.S. 261 (2011)(co-authored amicus brief on juvenile false confessions that was cited by Court in majority opinion)
Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005)(co-authored amicus brief with Juvenile Law Center and other organizations on behalf of fifty child welfare, juvenile justice, and child advocacy organizations in juvenile death penalty case) Briefs available online at: http://www.jlc.org/Resources/pdfs/Simmons.pdf
Yarborough v. Alvarado, 541 U.S. 652 (2004) (co-authored amicus brief with the Juvenile Law Center in police interrogation case involving juvenile before the United States Supreme Court) Brief is available online at: http://www.jlc.org/Resources/pdfs/alvarado.amicus.pdf
Newman v. Harrington, 726 F.3d 921 (7th Cir. 2013)(federal habeas corpus relief granted to 16- year old on grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel)
Nicole Harris v. Sheryl Thompson, 698 F.3d 609 (2012)(federal habeas decision vacating murder conviction of mother who falsely confessed to strangling her child; client later exonerated and granted certificate of innocence)
U.S. ex rel A.M. v. Butler, 2002 WL 1348605 (N.D. IIl. June 19, 2002)(federal habeas decision vacating murder conviction of 11 year old boy). Argued and briefed case before United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in September 2004. Conviction reversed in published opinion A.M. v. Butler, 360 F.3d 787 (7th Cir (Ill.), Mar 02, 2004)
U.S. ex rel. Hardaway v. Young, 162 F.Supp.2d 1005 (N.D.Ill. Sep 13, 2001) (NO. 01 C 3963) judgment reversed by Hardaway v. Young, 302 F.3d 657 (7th Cir.(Ill.) 2002)(federal habeas corpus decisions re involuntariness of juvenile confessions)
Xiong v. I.N.S., 173 F.3d 601 (7th Cir. 1999)(holding that statutory rape is not a “crime of violence” or “aggravated felony” requiring automatic deportation of 18 year old who had consensual sexual intercourse with 15 year old girlfriend)
4 STATE CASES
People of the State of Illinois v. Cody Moore (clemency granted by Gov. Pritzker in 2020, commuting 15-year involuntary manslaughter sentence to 12 years of time-served)
People of the State of Illinois v. Taurean Giles (clemency granted by Governor J.B. Pritzker in 2020, commuting 20-year murder sentence to 17 years of time-served)
People of the State of Illinois v. Lee Arthur Hester (14 year-old defendant who confessed to 1961 murder and rape exonerated after 58 years; Hester served 12 years in prison)
People of the State of Washington v. Ian Simmers (16 year-old defendant who confessed to 1995 murder is exonerated after serving 23 years in prison in 2019)(served as expert witness)
People of the State of New York v. Huwe Burton (16 year-old defendant who falsely confessed to murdering his mother in 1989 is exonerated in 2019 by Bronx Conviction Integrity Unit)
People of the State of Illinois v. Patrick Pursley (defendant convicted of 1993 murder granted new trial in 2017 based on newly developed ballistics evidence and is acquitted in January, 2019)
People of the State of Idaho v. Christopher Tapp (defendant convicted of 1996 murder is exonerated by DNA evidence in July 2019)(served as false confession expert)
People of the State of Illinois v. Justin Doyle (clemency granted by Governor Bruce Rauner to Justin Doyle in 2017, commuting 30-year sentence to 9 years of time-served)
People of the State of Illinois v. Corey Batchelor (2017 exoneration of defendant and co-defendant who, at age 19, falsely confessed to 1989 murder)
People of the State of Illinois v. Charles Johnson (19 year-old who falsely confessed to double murder in 1995 is exonerated in 2017 along with three other teenage false confessors based on newly discovered fingerprint evidence)
People of the State of Illinois v. John Horton (17 year-old who falsely confessed to a murder in 1993 is exonerated in 2017 after appellate court tosses conviction and state decides not to retry)
Michigan v. Davontae Sanford (14 year-old client who falsely confessed to a quadruple murder in Detroit in is exonerated in 2016)
People of the State of Illinois v. Daniel Andersen (defendant, who at age 19 falsely confessed to a murder, is exonerated in 2015)
People of the State of New York v. David McCallum (client who falsely confessed at age 16 to a 1985 murder, is exonerated after post-conviction proceedings in October 2014 by King’s County District Attorney’s Office’s Conviction Review Unit)
Michigan v. Jamie Lee Peterson (client exonerated by DNA evidence in proceedings in Kalkaska County, MI in 2014)
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People of the State of Illinois v. Terrill Swift, et al. (client who at age 17 falsely confessed to a 1995 murder is exonerated by DNA evidence in January 2012)(Englewood Four)
People of the State of Illinois v. Robert Taylor, et al. (14 year old who falsely confessed to a 1991 murder and 4 co-defendants exonerated by DNA evidence in November 2011)(Dixmoor Five)
People of the State of Illinois v. Thaddeus Jimenez, No. 93 CR 14710 (client who at age 13 was charged with and later convicted of 1993 murder is exonerated 2009)
In the Interest of Jerrell J., No. 02-3423, Wisconsin Court of Appeals and Wisconsin Supreme Court (2003)(amicus)(reversal of armed robbery conviction of juvenile defendant and new rule requiring that all custodial interrogations of juveniles must be electronically recorded).
Comm. of Mass. v. DiGiambattista, S.J.C. No. 9155 Supreme Court of Massachusetts (2004)(assisted in preparation of amicus briefs in support of mandatory recording of custodial interrogations)
Lionel Tate v. State , 864 So.2d 44, Florida Appellate Court (Fla. App. 4th Dist. 2003) co-authored two amicus briefs in case of Florida 12 year old sentenced to life without parole for killing six year old playmate. Conviction reversed on appeal and the child was released after pleading to lesser charge. Briefs are available on line at: http://www.jlc.org/home/JLC@Work/juvenilejusticeprojects.htm
New Jersey v. Thomahl Cook, No. 53, 778, Supreme Court of New Jersey (2003)(amicus)(leads to creation of Supreme Court Study Committee whose recommendation that all custodial interrogations of suspects be electronically recorded is ultimately adopted by the Supreme Court)
People v. Bramlett, Illinois Appellate Court, 793 N.E.2d 638, (1st Dist. 2003)(reversing first- degree murder conviction of fifteen year old who confessed)
In re Petition of K.M, Illinois Appellate Court, 653 N.E.2d 888 (1st Dist. 1995)(granting unmarried same sex cohabitants the right to adopt children under Illinois Adoption Act)(amicus)
In re Marriage of Pleasant, Illinois Appellate Court, 628 N.E.2d. 633 (1st Dist. 1993)(establishing that visitation issues in domestic relations disputes are “sexual orientation” neutral)
In re C.B., Illinois Appellate Court, 618 N.E.2d 598 (1st Dist. 1993)(reversing trial court for relying on unreliable expert testimony regarding “psychological bonding” between child and foster mother)
In re J.E., Illinois Appellate Court, 668 N.E.2d 1052 (1st Dist. 1996)(holding that the probable cause determination at a juvenile detention hearing does not suffice to meet probable cause for purposes of a juvenile transfer hearing’)
6 PUBLICATIONS
Books
David Strauss, Barbarous Souls (Afterword by Steven A. Drizin)(Northwestern University Press, 2010)
Rob Warden & Steven A. Drizin (eds.), True Stories of False Confessions (Northwestern University Press)(to be published August 2009, Northwestern University Press).
Steven A. Drizin & Richard A. Leo, The Problem of False Confessions in the Post-DNA Age (2008)(translated into Japanese and published as a book along with an amicus brief filed by the Center on Wrongful Convictions before the Supreme Court of Japan)(translated by Kazuko Ito)(Japan UNI Agency, Tokyo, 2008).
Law Review Articles
Leo, R., Neufeld, P., Drizin, S., and Taslitz, A., Promoting Accuracy in the Use of Confession Evidence: An Argument for Pre-Trial Reliability Hearings To Prevent Wrongful Convictions, 85 Temple Univ. Law Review 759-837 (2013).
Drizin, S., The Lee Arthur Hester Case and the Unfinished Business of the United States Supreme Court to Protect Juveniles During Police Interrogations, 6 Northwestern J. Law & Social Policy 358-401 (Spring 2011).
Drizin, S., Remarks at the Dinner Celebrating the Centennial of the Journal of Criminal law and Criminology, January 29, 2009, 100 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 101-108 (2010)
Drizin, S. & Luloff, G, Are Juvenile Courts the Breeding Grounds for Wrongful Convictions, 34 N.KY. L. REV. 257-322 (2007).
Leo, R., Drizin, S., Neufeld, P., Hall, B., and Shavell, A., Bringing Reliability Back In: False Confessions and Legal Safeguards in the Twenty-First Century, 2006 Wis. L. Rev.479-539 (2006).
Drizin, S. and Reich, M., Heeding the Lessons of History: The Need for Mandatory Recording of Police Interrogations to Determine Accurately the Reliability and Voluntariness of Confessions, 52 Drake L. Rev. 619 (Spring 2004)(Symposium Issue with American Judicature Society on Wrongful Convictions).
Drizin, S. and Leo, R. The Problem of Police-Induced False Confessions in the Post DNA Age, 82 N.C.L.Rev. 891 (March 2004)(qualitative and quantitative analysis of 125 proven false confessions)(cited by United States Supreme Court in Corley v. United States, 556 U.S. 303 (2009) and J.D.B. v. North Carolina, 131 S.Ct. 2394 (2011);
Drizin, S. and Keegan, A. Abolishing the Use of the Felony-Murder Rule When the Defendant is a Teenager, 28 Nova L. Rev. 507 (2004).
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Tanenhaus, D. and Drizin, S. and “Owing to the extreme youth of the accused”: The Changing Legal Response to Juvenile Homicide, 92 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 641-705 (Spring/Summer 2002).
Drizin, S. and Colgan, B. Let the Cameras Roll: Mandatory Videotaping of Interrogations is the Solution to Illinois’ Problem of False Confessions, 32 Loyola University Chicago Law Journal 337 (Winter 2001).
Geraghty, T. and Drizin, S. Charting a New Course for Juvenile Justice: Listening to Outsiders, Book Review, 90 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 363 (1999).
Geraghty, T. and Drizin, S. SYMPOSIUM ON THE FUTURE OF THE JUVENILE COURT Foreword: The Debate Over the Future of Juvenile Courts: Can We Reach Consensus?, 88 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 1-13 (1998).
Note, Fifth Amendment--Will the Public Safety Exception Swallow the Miranda Exclusionary Rule?, 75 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 692 (1985).
Book Chapters
Nirider, L, Crane, M, & Drizin, S. A. Brendan Dassey Meet Gerald Gault in Race, Rights, and Reform: 50 Years of Child Advocacy in the Juvenile Justice System (eds., Kristin Henning, Laura Cohen, & Ellen Marrus) (Routledge Press, 2018).
Drizin, S.A., Nirider, L., & Tepfer, J. Juvenile Justice Investigation: Narrative Contamination, Cultural Stereotypes and the Scripting of Juvenile Confessions in Examining Wrongful Convictions, Stepping Back, Moving Forward (edited by Allison Redlich, James Acker, Robert Norris, & Catherine Bonventre (Carolina Academic Press, 2014).
Leo, R.A. and Drizin, S.A., “The Three Errors: Pathways to False Confessions and Wrongful Convictions, in Interrogation and Confessions: Research, Policy and Practice (edited by G.D. Lassiter and Christian A. Meissner)(American Psychological Association, 2010).
Redlich, A. and Drizin, S. “Police Interrogation of Youth,” in Mental Health Needs of Young Offenders: Forging Paths Toward Reintegration and Rehabilitation (edited by Carol Kessler and Louis Krause, M.D.)(Cambridge University Press, 2007)
Drizin, S, and Colgan, B. “Tales From The Juvenile Confession Front: A Guide To How Standard Police Interrogation Tactics Can Produce Coerced and False Confessions From Juvenile Suspects”, a chapter in Interrogations, Confessions, and Entrapment (edited by G. Daniel Lassiter), a volume in the Perspectives in Law and Psychology Series, edited by Ron Roesch (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2004)
“Arturo’s Story”, Zero Tolerance: Resisting the Drive for Punishment in Our Schools, (William Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, and Rick Ayers, eds., The New Press, 2001).
8 Psychological Journal Articles
Kassin, S., Drizin, S., Grisso, T., Thomas Grisso, Gudjonsson, G., Leo, R.A., Redlich, A., Police-Induced Confessions: Risk Factors and Recommendations, 34 Law and Human Behavior 3- 38 (2010) (published as a White Paper by the American Psychological Association).
Book Reviews
Nirider, L., Tepfer, J., and Drizin, S. Combating Contamination in Confessions Cases: A Review of Brandon L. Garrett’s Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong, 79 U.Chi.L. Rev. 837-862 (2012)
Drizin, S. The Problem of Police Contamination: A Review of Brandon L. Garrett’s Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong, Stephanos Bibos’s Machinery of Criminal Justice, Dan Simon’s In Doubt, and Daniel Medwed’s Prosecution Complex, CONCURRING OPINIONS, available online at: http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/author/steven-drizin
Drizin, S., Book Review, Sarah Burns’ The Central Park Five: A Chronicle of a City Wilding available online at: http://clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/central_park_five.html
Position Papers and Policy Briefs
Drizin, S., Nawoichyk, J., Nirider, L., Tepfer, J., Reducing Risks: An Executive’s Guide to Effective Juvenile Interview and Interrogation (published by International Association of Chiefs of Police and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2012)
Drizin, S.A. False Confessions: Some Developmental And Forensic Considerations, available on website of Cornell Institute on Research for Children at http://www.human.cornell.edu/units/circ/.
Dissent to the Report of the Legislative Committee on Juvenile Justice. Position Paper Published by the Children and Family Justice Center (June 1996).
“Should Cook County Have Separate Specialized Courts for Juveniles Transferred to Adult Court.” Position Paper Published by Children and Family Justice Center (July 1995).
Newspaper and Magazine Articles, Essays and Op-Eds
"Felony Murder, Explained," The Appeal, March 4, 2021 (with Shobha Mahadev)
“False Confessions Drive True Crime Craze, But It’s Time to End the Spectacle, Chicago Tribune, Perspectives, August 12, 2019 (with Laura Nirider)
How Judge Shadur Inspired a Movement to Aid Juveniles Caught in the System, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, February 28, 2018.
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Crane, M., Nirider, L., and Drizin, S., The Truth About Juvenile False Confessions, ABA Magazine, 16 Insights on Law and Society 10-15 (2016)
Tepfer, J., Nirider, L., and Drizin, S., Considering the Possibility of False Confessions by Juvenile Defendants, 50 Court Review 4-11 (2014).
“DNA Might Clear Name, But Authorities Refuse to Try It,” The Chicago Sun Times, December 10, 2011.
“End Chicago-style Youth Interrogations,” The Chicago Sun Times, July 14, 2011.
“Controls vital when cops question kids,” The Arizona Republic, November 26, 2008.
Drizin, S., Defending a False or Coerced Confession Case: What Do, You Need to Know To Represent Your Clients Effectively?, The Wisconsin Defender, Vol. 12, Issue 1 (Winter 2004), available online at http://www.wisspd.org/html/publications/docs/wdefwinter04.pdf
“Smart Case Could explain Malvo’s role as sniper suspect,” Chicago Sun Times, March 30, 2003, at 38A.
Videotape All Police Interrogations,” The Providence Journal, March 6, 2003, Commentary, at B4.
“Fighting Police Frame Ups – Videotape All Police Interrogations, Providence Journal Herald, March 3, 2003.
“Putting the Tragedy of teen violence in proper context,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 6, 2002, at 3J.
“Good Reason to Tape Suspect’s Interrogation,” Chicago Sun Times, June 30, 2002, at 36A. “Taping Confessions Makes Just Sense,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 12, 2002, Commentary, at 3J.
“Homage to Remarkable Claude Brown,” Chicago Tribune, February 18, 2002, Tempo, at 5. “False Confessions: Evidence of Flaws,” Chicago Sun Times, December 28, 2001, at 41.
“Juvenile Interrogation Reform Still Lacking,” Chicago Sun Times, Septemebr 4, 2001, at 31. “Let's go to the videotape: Why law-enforcement officials should start taping interrogations.” Chicago Tribune, Commentary, June 20, 2001, at 17.
“Coerced Confessions Shine Light on Taping”, Chicago Sun Times, Commentary, February 1, 2001, at 29.
10 “Superpredators or Just Naughty?: Let’s not give John Ashcroft a Chance to Decide.” Chicago Tribune, January 19, 2001, at 19.
"Felony Murder Rule Should Not Apply to Children," The Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale), Opinion, May 14, 2001 at 19A.
"Require Police to Videotape Confessions," The Detroit News, Comment, Sunday April 22, 2001, at 15A.
“Transfer Laws Victimize Fairness” by Marc Mauer and Steven A. Drizin, Chicago Sun Times, Commentary, December 27, 2000,at 41.
"It's T.V., Not A True ‘Confession’,” by Steven A. Drizin and Richard A. Leo, Los Angeles Times, Commentary, September 4, 2000, at B15. Reprinted As: "It's T.V., Not A True ‘Confession’, by Steven A. Drizin and Richard A. Leo, Orlando Sentinel, Editorial, September 12, 2000, at All; “Television Doesn’t Do Justice to Real-Life ‘Confessions’” by Steven A. Drizin and Richard A. Leo, Opinion, San Francisco Chronicle, September 10, 2000.
“End Juvenile Death Penalty,” Baltimore Sun, Opinion, August 21, 2000 at 9A.
“Juvenile Justice System Tilted Against Minority Youths,” Lawyers Forum, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, May 12, 2000, at 5.
“Old Enough to Kill, Old Enough to Die,” San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, April 16, 2000, at 1.
“Tiniest soldiers are casualties of gang war,” Commentary, Chicago Sun Times, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2000, at 29.
“Death Row for Kids: The U.S. is one of the few nations that executes juvenile offenders,” by Stephen K. Harper and Steven A. Drizin, Chicago Tribune, Commentary, February 10, 2000, at 23. Reprinted As: “A Nation’s Shame: Juveniles on Death Row,” by Stephen K. Harper and Steven A. Drizin, Baltimore Sun, Opinion, at 9A.
“Juveniles Deserve Jury Trials,” Chicago Tribune, Commentary, December 22, 1999, at 31.
“100 Years of the Children’s Court – Giving Kids the Chance to Make a Better Choice,” by Steven A. Drizin and Vincent Schiraldi, Corrections Today, December 1999, at 24-26.
“Quick draw: Where’s the justice in this finding of guilt?,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Commentary, Crossroads, Sunday, November 14, 1999, at 31.
“British Children Tried As Adults Endured Much Cruelty, Injustice,” Detroit Free Press, Other Voices, at 15A.
“The Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 1998: Raining on the Court’s 100th Birthday Party,” One City Magazine, Summer/Fall 1999 Issue, at 3-9.
11 “He Told the Unvarnished Truth,” by Steven A. Drizin and Steven Lubet, Los Angeles Times, Commentary, September 1, 1999, at B9. Reprinted As: “Stevenson Campaign Holds Lesson on the Value of Answering Difficult Questions,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, Opinion, September 6, 1999 at 19A; “A Presidential Candidate and the Past’s Shadow,” Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Editorial/Opinions, September 6, 1999, at 7; “Political Honesty is best,” Idaho Statesman, Editorial, September 4, 1999, at 6B; “He Made A Mistake, and ‘Fessed Up,’” Palm Beach Post, Opinion, September 3, 1999, at 18A.
The Juvenile Court at 100, 83 JUDICATURE 8-15 (July-August 1999).
“Crime, Punishment and Children: Give kids a chance at redemption,” by Steven A. Drizin and Vincent Schiraldi, Chicago Tribune, Commentary, August 12, 1999, at 25.
“Child Offenders Are Still Children,” National Law Journal, Podium, August 9, 1999, at A25.
“It’s Totally Senseless to try Port Huron kids as adults,” Detroit Free Press, June 14, 1999, Other Voices, at 11A.
“Race, class, religion, politics, cloud juvenile justice,” Chicago Sun Times, May 24, 1999, Commentary, at 31A.
“Race does matter in juvenile justice system,” Chicago Tribune, May 13, 1999, Commentary, at 23.
“Net of Automatic Transfers Growing Too Wide,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Law Day 1999 Issue, April 24, 1999, at 4, 14.
“Age 15 is Fine for Armed Conflict,” The National Law Journal, Monday, March 22, 1999, Podium, at A 26.
“A Second Chance: Juvenile Delinquents Who Transformed Themselves and History,” Chicago Tribune, March 4, 1999, Commentary, at 15.
“Wiping Out the Last Vestiges of South’s Jim Crow Laws,” The Baltimore Sun, November 20, 1998, Opinion, at 27A.
“Fighting the Disenfranchisement of Future Generations,” Chicago Tribune, November 5, 1998, Commentary, at 11.
“Quelling an Outcry with Meaningless Reforms,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Lawyer’s Forum, October 8, 1998, at 6.
“Mercy not a Political Character Flaw,” Chicago Sun Times, Sunday, September 13, 1998, Commentary, at 37A.
“In the Maelstrom: Children as Murder Suspects,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Lawyers’ Forum, August 28, 1998, at 19-20.
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“When Little Tykes Give ‘Full Confessions’,” Chicago Tribune, August 26, 1998, Commentary, at 19.
“Small Soldiers Worldwide Learn That War Is Very Real,” Chicago Sun Times, July 15, 1998, Commentary, at 37.
“Anti-Loitering Laws Don’t Prevent Shootings,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, July 8, 1998, at 6.
“Interrogation Law Puts Youths at Risk,” Chicago Sun Times, May 7, 1998, Commentary/Letters to the Editor, at 34.
“Should We Demand Juveniles To Cry Us A River?,” Chicago Tribune, April 27, 1998, Commentary, at 15.
“Demonizing Teens is Not an Appropriate Campaign Tactic,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, March 10, 1998, Letter to the Editor, at 2.
“Expulsion is Drastic,” Chicago Sun Times, March 24, 1997, Letter to the Editor.
“Public Schools Need to Take A Closer Look at Expulsion Policy,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, March 12, 1997, Letter to the Editor, at 2.
“Out of the Hands of Babes,” by Bernardine Dohrn and Steven Drizin, Chicago Tribune, Commentary, December 27, 1996, at 27.
Drizin, S. and Miller, L. “Disabilities and Delinquency: A Parent's Guide to the Juvenile Justice System”, ATTENTION! (The Magazine of Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders) (Winter 1996).
“Funding and Training of Youth Officers is a Necessity to Prevent Juvenile Crime,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, August 16, 1996, Letter to the Editor, at 2.
“Lubin Slam Rapped,” by Steven A. Drizin and Maria Woltjen, Chicago Sun Times, December 18, 1994, Sunday Commentary/Letters, at 50.
“Juvenile Detention Center a Costly Error,” Chicago Sun Times, December 15, 1994, Letters/Commentary, at 46.
“Attack on Root Causes Needed to Halt Bloodshed Among Juveniles,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, October 20, 1994, Letter to the Editor, at 2.
13 GOVERNMENT FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
S, Drizin, P. Puritz, D. Reed, W. Shang and M. Woltjen, Juvenile Access to Counsel Initiative, Cook County: Report on Access to Counsel for Juveniles and Quality of Counsel for Juveniles in Cook County, Contract No. P8308422, submitted December 30, 1998 to the Illinois Department of Human Services.
OTHER FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
SECOND CHANCES: 100 YEARS OF THE CHILDREN’S COURT: GIVING KIDS A CHANCE TO MAKE A BETTER CHOICE, a Joint Project of the Justice Policy Institute and the Children and Family Justice Center of the Northwestern University School of Law’s Legal Clinic. Funded by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, this book profiles the lives of 25 juvenile court “graduates” who went on to turn their lives around and become productive citizens. Included among the 25 graduates are former Senator Alan Simpson, Claude Brown, author of Manchild in the Promised Land, Bob Beamon, Olympic record holder in the long jump and other young men and women with equally inspiring stories of success. The book can be viewed in its entirety and downloaded free of charge at the following web address: www.cjcj.org/centennial.
PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
The Center for American and International Law (CALI), Juvenile False and Coerced Confessions (December 14, 2020, Plano, TX)(via Zoom)
Rutgers University Law School, “I Said I Did It But I Didn’t Do It”: Juvenile False and Coerced Confessions (with Laura Cohen and Huwe Burton)(November 17, 2020 Newark, NJ)(via Zoom)
Northwestern Prison Education Program, Transforming Criminal Justice in Illinois and Beyond: “False Confessions” (with Laura Nirider and Huwe Burton)(November 11, 2020, Evanston, IL)(via Zoom)
European Innocence Conference (hosted by the Manchester Innocence Project), Interview of Laura Nirider and Steven Drizin about False Confessions and the Case of Brendan Dassey (October 30, 2020)(Manchester, UK)(via Zoom)
Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Conference on Wrongful Convictions, hosted Mahildol University (Thailand) and International Bridges of Justice, Defender Advocacy in Confession Cases (October 26, 2020, Thailand)(via Zoom)
Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’ Children and Family Justice Center, Nuts and Bolts of Clemency: Strategies and Approaches During COVID and in the Future (with Jennifer Soble of the Illinois Prison Project)(April 30, 2020, Chicago, IL)(via Zoom)
14 Office of the Vermont General Defender (Vermont Public Defender’s Conference), Juvenile False and Coerced Confessions, (June 10, 2020, Essex, VT.)(via Zoom)
Hennepin County Public Defender’s Conference, Pathways to False and Coerced Confessions (December 5, 2019; Minneapolis, MN.)
El Centro de Estudios Sociojuridicos Latinoamericas (CESJUL), A Global View of Confessions and Interrogations, Co-Keynote Speaker (with Laura Nirider)(November 6-10, 2019, Bogota, Colombia)
National Juvenile Defender Summit, Moderator of Panel on Police Interrogation of Juvenile Suspect: Policy and Practice Reforms (with Laura Cohen)(October 25-27, 2019 Palm Beach, Fla)
Illinois Homicide Investigator’s Association, Law Enforcement Solutions for the Problem of False Confessions (October 17, 2019, Itasca, Illinois)
Young Professionals Organization, Policies that Prevent Wrongful Convictions: A National Perspective (with Rebecca Brown of Innocence Project and Laura Nirider)(June 2019, Chicago, IL.) Ryerson University (Toronto), Misclassification, Coercion, and Contamination: Pathways to False Confessions in the post-DNA Age (March 8, 2019, Toronto, Canada)
Innocence Canada, False Confessions and False Guilty Pleas: The Canadian and American Experience (March 7, 2019, Toronto, Canada)
Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology’s Symposium: Revisiting Voluntariness: Seeking Clarity in the Age of False Confessions, Panelist and Moderator of Panel on Legislative Solutions (February 28, 2019, Chicago, IL)
Northwestern Law School’s Street Law, Law in Action Day, Representing Derrick Hardaway (with Derrick Hardaway) (February 22, 2019, Chicago, IL)
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Preventing Wrongful Convictions: Understanding and Litigating Common Police Interrogation Methods (with Laura Nirider) (February 15, 2019, Phoenix, AZ)
University of Cardiff Law School Innocence Project, Presentation on Brendan Dassey and Juvenile False Confessions (December 10, 2018, Cardiff, Wales)
National Judicial Institute (Institut National de la Magistrature), Preventing Wrongful Convictions presentation to Canadian trial and appellate court judges (October 2, 2018 Vancouver, Canada)
The Arc USA/National Center on Criminal Justice and Disability, The Impact of Youth and Disability in Interrogations (May 31, 2018, Washington, D.C)
University of Arkansas Little Rock, The Need for “Special Care” by Appellate Courts in Evaluating Juvenile Confessions (March 29, 2018, Little Rock, AR)
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National Innocence Network Conference, Using the Innocence Framework to Improve Due Process Protections in the Interrogation Room (with Megan Crane) (March 23, 2018, Memphis, TN.)
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Clinical Legal Studies Workshop, The Case for Brendan Dassey: Teaching Innovation Through Clinical Education (with Laura Nirider) (March 1, 2018, Philadelphia, PA.)
Concordia Law School, Making a Murderer and Wrongful Convictions, Webinar (February 13, 2018)
Chicago Bar Association Lunchtime Speaker Series, Juvenile False and Coerced Confessions (with Laura Nirider)(Sept. 28, 2017, Chicago, IL)
Jewish Learning Institute Conference at Standard Club, The Reliability of Confession Evidence: If Only Robert Davis and Brendan Dassey Had Been Tried Under “Jewish Law” (Sept. 12, 2017, Chicago, IL)
National Jewish Retreat, Two Presentations: Confessions and Jewish Law: The Case of Brendan Dassey and The Age of Adulthood: When Should We Hold Teenagers Fully Responsible for their Criminal Behavior? (August, 9-10, 2017, Palm Springs, CA)
New York Judicial Institute for Family and Matrimonial Law, Summer Seminar Program, Assessing the Voluntariness and Reliability of Confession Evidence (July 25, 2017, Rye, N.Y.)
Rutgers University School of Law, Center on Youth Violence and Youth Justice, When the “Guiding Hand” of Counsel Becomes A “Heavy Hand”: In re Gault and the Representation of Brendan Dassey (June 9, 2017, Newark, NJ)
National Judicial Institute (Institut National de la Magistrature), Preventing Wrongful Convictions presentation to Canadian trial and appellate court judges (March 27-28, 2017, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
American Psychology and Law Society, Plenary Session, Making a Murderer, Brendan Dassey: A True Story of a False Confession (with Laura Nirider)(Seattle, WA, March 18, 2017)
Juvenile Law Section, State Bar of Texas, 30th Anniversary of Annual Juvenile Law Conference, When the “Guiding Hand” of Counsel Becomes A Heavy Hand: In re Gault and the Representation of Brendan Dassey, (Horseshoe Bay, TX February 27, 2017)
Ohio Innocence Project, Lectures on the Case of Brendan Dassey to College Chapters at John Carroll University (Cleveland, OH), Ohio State University (Columbus Ohio), University of Ohio (Athens, OH), Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH), University of Cincinnati Law School (Cincinnati, OH) (February 21-24, 2017)
Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Making a Murderer and the Case of Brendan Dassey (November 18, 2016, Chicago, IL)
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Northwestern Law School Alumni Club, Making a Murderer and the Case of Brendan Dassey (November 3, 2016, Seattle, WA)
McDermott, Will & Emery Law Firm, Making a Murderer, Brendan Dassey: A True Story of a False Confession (October 17, 2016, Chicago, IL)
Indiana Public Defender’s Conference, Making a Murderer, Brendan Dassey: A True Story of a False Confession (September 30, 2016, Indianapolis, IN)
Faculty Scholarship Round Table, Guest Speaker, John Marshall Law School: Juvenile False Confessions and the Case of Brendan Dassey (September 22, 2016, Chicago, IL)
Northwestern Law School Alumni Club, Making a Murderer and the Case of Brendan Dassey (September 20, 2016, NYC, NY)
Northwestern University School of Law, Presentation for Diversity Week Coalition (September 6, 2016, Chicago, IL)
Restaurant Loss Prevention and Security Association, Un-smelling the Skunk: The Paradox of False Confessions (with Laura Nirider) (July 26, 2016, San Antonio, TX) State Bar of Arizona Annual Convention: Making A Murderer: The True Story of Brendan Dassey’s False Confession (with Megan Crane), (June 16, 2016, Chandler, AZ) Juvenile Law Center Speaking Event, Harvard Club of New York: Making A Murderer: The True Story of Brendan Dassey’s False Confession (June 7, 2016) Restaurant Loss Prevention and Security Association, Un-smelling the Skunk: The Paradox of False Confessions (with Laura Nirider) (June 2, 2016, Skokie, IL) Northwestern Law School Alumni Club, Making A Murderer: The True Story of Brendan Dassey’s False Confession (with Laura Nirider)(May 17, 2016, Milwaukee, WI) California State University, Dominguez Hills, Making a Murderer: The True Story of Brendan Dassey’s False Confession (May 2, 2016, Los Angeles, CA) Northwestern University School of Law, Making a Murderer: The True Story of a False Confession (April 2016, Chicago, IL) MacArthur Foundation's Models for Change Conference, Using the Appeals Process to Build a Jurisprudence of Youth Based on "Kids Are Different Principle (December 14, 2015, Washington D.C.) National Juvenile Defender Center, Juvenile Justice Leadership Summit, Coordinating a State and National Juvenile Appeals Strategy (October 23, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT) Wrongful Convictions – Justice Continued: Prosecutors and Conviction Review, A Conference Hosted By King’s County District Attorney’s Office, Moderator, The Process of Starting a Conviction Review Unit and Obstacles that Prosecutors Will Likely Face (October 16, 2015, Brooklyn)
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American Judges Association, 2015 Annual Education Conference, The Problem of Police Interrogations and False Confessions: A Special Problem for Juvenile Courts (October 5, 2015, Seattle, WA)
Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, The Three Errors: Common Pathways to False Confessions (June 19, 2015, Freeport, ME)
Office of Attorneys for Children, Appellate Division, Third Department, Advocacy Beyond the Petition: Additional Factors to Consider When Representing JD Clients, Litigating Juvenile Confessions in the Age of Roper and Beyond (April 24, 2015, Albany, NY)
National Forensic College, Co-Chair of False Confession Day (with Deja Vishny), at Cardozo Law School (June 2014, NYC, NY).
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: Unsmelling the Skunk: False Confessions and the Fight to Change the Narrative (with Laura Nirider) (April, 2014, Portland, Ore.)
Washington & Lee Law School’s National Symposium on False Confessions Police Interrogations, False Confessions, and the Robert Davis Case (January 2014, Lexington, VA)
AIDWYC’s 20th Anniversary (Association in Defense of the Wrongly Convicted): Back to the Future: 20 Years of Innocence Work, Mea Culpa: False Confessions (Nov. 23, 2013, Toronto, Canada)
Santa Clara University School of Law, Northern California Innocence Project’s Speaker’s Series on Wrongful Convictions, Common Pathways to False Confessions (Oct. 2, 2013, Santa Clara, Ca.)
National Criminal Defense Forum on Forensic Mental Health and the Law, Pathways to False Confessions for the Mentally Impaired Client, (September 20, 2013, Denver, CO.)
Suffolk University Law School, Analyzing False Confessions and Their Impact on Juveniles, Keynote Speaker (April 10, 2013, Boston, MA)
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Panelist with Ken Burns, Raymond Santana following showing of The Central Park Five (March 23, 2013, Ann Arbor, MI)
Temple University, Symposium on False Confessions, Combatting Contamination in Confession Cases (November 9, 2012, Philadelphia, Pa.)
Tennessee Public Defender’s Conference, The Three Errors: Pathways to False Confessions and Wrongful Convictions (October 18, 2012, Kingsport, TN)
Indiana Public Defender’s Conference, Portraying Your Client As A Child: Litigating Interrogations and Confessions (October 12, 2012, Indianapolis, IN)
18 Loyola Law School Los Angeles, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel: Systemic Causes, Systemic Solutions (April 27, 2012, Los Angeles, CA.)
Innocence Network Conference, Bringing Reliability Back in to the Pre-Trial Confession Analysis (March 30, 2012, Kansas City, MO)
Washington University School of Law, Evolving Standards in Juvenile Justice: From Gault to Graham and Beyond (March 23, 2012, St. Louis, MO)
Cardozo Law School, Symposium, Stealing Innocence: Juvenile Legal Issues and the Innocence Project, Panelist on Juvenile False Confessions (January 24, 2012, New York)
Conference of Empirical Legal Studies, Keynote Speaker, “The Use of Social Science to both Exonerate and Advance Reform: State v. Henderson and Other Successes” (November 4, 2011, Chicago, IL.)
University of Miami Innocence Project, Presentation on False Confessions (October 28, 2011,Coral Gables, FL)
Joseph E. Loundy Human Rights Project, Roosevelt University, Wrongful Convictions Speaker Series: The Three Errors: Pathways to False Confessions and Wrongful Convictions (September 21, 2011, Chicago, IL)
National Judicial Institute (Institut National de la Magistrature), The Problem of False Confessions in the Post-DNA Age presentation to trial court judges (October 27, 2010, St. John, Newfoundland).
Cook County Public Defender’s Training, Nutshell IV, The Three Errors: Pathways to False Confessions and Wrongful Convictions (September 2, 2010, Oakbrook, IL.)
Illinois Juvenile Defender Symposium, Anatomy of a Confession (June 4, 2010, Chicago, IL). Roundtable on Police Interrogations of Youth, Anatomy of a Juvenile False Confession, Illinois Juvenile Defender Symposium, (June 4, 2010, Chicago, IL.)
Innocence Network Conference, Presentation on Pathways to False Confessions, (April 18, 2010, Atlanta, Ga.)
Rutgers Law Review Symposium, Presentation on Juvenile False Confessions, (April 11, 2010, Newark, NJ)
Arkansas Public Defender Commission, Conference on Juvenile Defense, Defending a False Confession Case (December 11, 2009, Little Rock, Arkansas)
Ontario Court of Justice, East Regional Seminar, National Judicial Institute (Institut National de la Magistrature), The Problem of False and Coerced Confessions, presentation to trial court judges (October 6, 2009, Kingston, Ontario)
19 Cook County Public Defender’s Office, Attacking the Statement Case in the Age of False Confessions (September 9, 2009, Oak Brook, IL)
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Defending Difficult Cases: False Confessions and Women & Children as Witnesses: Pre-Trial Motion Practice in False Confession Cases (April 22-25, 2009, Santa Fe, New Mexico)
National Judicial Institute (Institut National de la Magistrature), Frailties in the Criminal Justice Process, presentation to trial and appellate court judges (March 3-6, 2009, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
Lectures on False Confessions sponsored by the Japanese Federated Bar Association, Tokyo Bar Association, Osaka Bar Association, and at Ryokuku University (December 2009, Japan)
National Juvenile Justice Network, Juvenile False Confessions, Advocacy Opportunities in an Age of Wrongful Convictions (June 26, 2008, Chicago, IL)
Defending Illinois Death Penalty Cases in 2007, Presentation on False Confessions (March 4, 2008, Chicago, IL)
National Judicial Institute (Institut National de la Magistrature), Frailties in the Criminal Justice Process, presentation to trial and appellate court justices from all provinces of Canada (Nov. 1, 2007 St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada)
National Juvenile Defender Summit, Paint By Numbers: Colorable Constitutional Claims Under the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th Amendments (October 20, 2007, Portland, OR.)
Wisconsin State Public Defender’s 2007 Annual Criminal Defense Conference, Forty Years After Gault: Advocating For Children and Young Adults in Juvenile and Adult Courts, Why Juveniles Are More Vulnerable to Police Interrogation Tactics (October 11, 2007, Milwaukee, WI.)
Interrogations and Confessions: A Conference Exploring Current Research, Practice & Policy, Police Interrogation of Children and Teenagers in the post-DNA and post-Roper v. Simmons ages (September 26-29, 2007, El Paso, TX)
OACDL Juvenile Law Seminar: Defending Juvenile False and Coerced Confession Cases (Sept. 20, 2007, Columbus, OH.)
Presentation on False and Coerced Confessions to New Orleans Parish Public Defenders (May 4, 2007, New Orleans, LA.)
Juvenile Defender Training in Arkansas, The Problem of Juvenile False Confessions in the Post-DNA Age , (April 20, 2007, Little Rock, AR)
Defending Illinois Death Penalty Cases in 2007, Presentation on False Confessions (March 20, 2007, Chicago, IL)
20 Forensic Seminar at DePaul University School of Law, The Problem of False Confessions in the Post-DNA Age (February 16, 2007, Chicago, IL)
The California Public Defender’s Association Presents: 11th Annual Felony Defense Practice Seminar, Police Interrogations, False Confessions, Coerced Confessions & Wrongful Convictions (November 2006, Yosemite, CA)
2006 Juvenile & Forensic Science Conference, The Science of False Confessions, Emory Univ. School of Law (Nov. 8, 2006, Atlanta, GA)
Symposium of Salmon P. Chase College of Law and Children’s Law Center of Northern Kentucky, Re-envisioning the Role of the Juvenile Court in the 21st Century, Are Juvenile Courts Breeding Grounds for Wrongful Convictions: Using the Lessons of the Innocence Movement to Improve the Juvenile Court (Sept. 28-29, 2006, Covington, KY)
MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development & Juvenile Justice Network Conference, Presentation on Juvenile False Confessions (Sept. 20-22, 2006, Washington, D.C.)
Montana Public Defender’s Orientation Conference, Presentation of Defending Confession Cases in the Age of False Confessions (July 14, 2006, Bozeman, MT)
Rhode Island Public Defender’s Training, Presentation on Defending Confession Cases in the Age of False Confessions (June 28, 2006 Providence, RI)
Kentucky Bar Association, Annual Convention, Presentation of False Confessions in the Post- DNA Age (June 16, 2006, Covington, KY)
Maine Juvenile Defender’s Training, Defending Juvenile Clients in False and Coerced Confession Cases (April 28, 2006, Portland, ME)
Mississippi Public Defenders Association, Spring Conference, “Why Would My Client Give A False Confession,” (April 20, 2006, Robinsonville, MS)
National Judicial Institute (Institut National de la Magistrature), Appellate Courts Seminar, Frailties in the Criminal Justice Process, presentation to appellate court justices from all provinces of Canada (April 10, 2006, Montreal, Canada)
Wisconsin Criminal Justice Study Commission, False Confessions and Police Interviewing (February 23, 2006, Milwaukee, WI )
Wisconsin Law Review Symposium, “Preventing Wrongful Convictions: Reexamining Fundamental Principles of Criminal Law to Protect the Innocent,” presentation on legal changes needed to ensure reliability of confessions and safeguard against wrongful convictions (with Richard Leo)(November 19, 2005, Madison, WI.)
21 National Judicial Institute (Institut National de la Magistrature), Frailties in the Criminal Justice System: The Judge’s Role, presentation to Saskatchewan judges on the psychology of police interrogations and confessions (November 9, 2005, Regina, Saskatoon)
Open Society Institute, Presentation to Board and Staff on Using Research on Juvenile Brain Development to Advocate for Enlightened Juvenile Justice Policies (November 4, 2005, New York City, N.Y.)
National Juvenile Defender Summit, Panel Participant on Life After Roper v. Simmons: Challenges and Opportunities for Advocacy (October 24, 2005, Los Angeles, CA.
Montana Statewide Juvenile Justice Conference, Kids Are Different, Juvenile Justice Issues in Montana, presentations on juvenile confessions (September 27, 2005, Big Sky, Montana)
National Judicial Institute (Institut National de la Magistrature), Frailties in the Criminal Justice System: The Judge’s Role, presentation to Canadian judges on the psychology of police interrogations and false confessions (September 21, 2005, Prince Edward Island, Canada)
ABA Annual Meeting, The Challenge of False and Coerced Confessions of Juveniles (August 7, 2005, Chicago, IL.)
The Jefferson Inn, an American Inn of Court, False Confessions, presentation to judges, prosecutors, defenders, and private criminal and civil attorneys of Lake County, IL. (June 27, 2005, Highland Park, IL)
Midwest Juvenile Defender Center Leadership Summit, Life after Roper v. Simmons (May 19, 2005, Madison, WI)
Eyewitness Identification Best Practices, Effective Law Enforcement Intervention, sponsored by the Office of the Wisconsin Attorney General (April 28, 2005, Appleton, WI)
2005 National Innocence Network Conference, Practical Tips on Litigating Eyewitness Identification and Confession Cases (April 2, 2005, Washington, D.C)
8th Annual National Alliance Conference, Juvenile Justice: Youth and Disabilities, What Parents Need to Know When a Child with a Disability Has Been Arrested (February 2, 2005, Washington, D.C.)
National Juvenile Defender Summit, Plenary Speaker: Challenging False and Coerced Confessions; Workshop Speaker: Using Research and Psychology to Litigate a False Confession Case (October 22-24, 2004, Nashville, TN)
Minnesota Criminal Justice Institute, The Problem Of False Confessions in the Post-DNA Age (August 24, 2004, Minneapolis, MN)
Wyoming Juvenile Justice Conference, Police Interrogations and False and Coerced Confessions of Juveniles (June 17-18, 2004, Sheridan, Wyoming)
22 Office of the Maryland Public Defender, Spring Conference 2004, Police Interrogations and False and Coerced Confessions (May 21, 2004, Ocean City, Md.)
Ohio Juvenile Defender Leadership Summit, False and Coerced Confessions, (April 30, 2004, Dayton, Ohio)
Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office, 22d Annual Juvenile Delinquency Law Conference, Defending a False or Coerced Juvenile Confession Case, (April 23, 2004, El Segundo, CA.)
Cornell University Department of Human Development, College of Human Ecology, Cornell Law School, American Studies Program, Death Penalty Project, Department of Government, Family Life Development Center and Cornell Institute for Research on Children: “Rethinking the Criminalization of Youth”: Presentation on Juvenile Interrogations and Confessions (November 7, 2003, Ithaca, N.Y.)
American Bar Association, Juvenile Justice Center, Juvenile Defender Leadership Summit, Assessing Knowing and Voluntary Waivers of Miranda Rights and Juvenile False Confessions; Strategies to End Life without Parole Sentences for Juveniles; and a United States Supreme Court Wrap-Up. (October 25-26, 2003, Baltimore, Md.)
Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys Annual Conference, “Can’t Trust The Message,” Presentation on False Confessions (June 19, 2003 Madison, WI)
Law and Society Association Annual Conference, Exploding the Myth of False Confessions: Lessons from the Central Park Jogger Case (presented with Professor Richard A. Leo, June 2003, Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Salmon P. Chase College of Law’s Wrongful Convictions Symposium, The Problem of False Confessions, (February 22, 2003, Cincinnati, OH)
American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 55th Annual Meeting, Police-Induced False Confession in the Post-DNA Age (February 20, 2003, Chicago, IL.)
Family Resource Center on Disabilities, What Parents Need to Know About Protecting Children from Police Interrogations (January 18, 2003, Chicago, IL)
The American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, The Consequences of False Confessions Revisited in the DNA Age, (with Professor Richard Leo) (November 14, 2002, Chicago, IL.)
Midwest Regional Defender Center’s Conference, 2002 Leadership Summit, Kids Are Different, Individual and Systemic Methods for Attacking Confessions (July 25-26, 2002, Chicago, IL)
Midwest Regional Defender Center’s Conference, Juvenile Justice on Appeal, Training of Illinois State Appellate Defenders, Coerced and False Confessions, What You Need to Know in Order to Protect Your Client (July 18, 2002, Chicago, IL.)
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Maine Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys Annual Conference, False Confessions, Adult and Juvenile Defense, (June 7, 2002, Portland, Maine)
American Bar Association, Juvenile Justice Center, Juvenile Defender Leadership Summit, The Chicago Experience: Using the Principles of Adolescent Development and Research to Impact Policies and Practices Regarding Questioning Children. (October 26, 2001, Miami, Fla.)
American Bar Association, Juvenile Justice Center, Juvenile Defender Leadership Summit, Strategies to End the Juvenile Death Penalty. (October 26, 2001, Miami, Fla.)
Twelfth Annual Public Defender Seminar, Iowa Public Defender's Association, Interrogations and Confessions of Juveniles. (June 20, 2001, Sioux City, Iowa)
The Illinois Public Defender Association Spring Seminar, False Confessions and Problematic Interrogations (Protecting Children and Preserving the Truth). (May 18-19, 2001, Urbana, IL)
American Bar Association, Juvenile Justice Center, Juvenile Defender Leadership Summit, Child Suggestibility: Implications for Confessions, Interrogations and Interviews. (October 27-29, 2000, Houston, TX) American Bar Association, Juvenile Justice Center, Juvenile Defender Leadership Summit, Strategies to Eliminate the Juvenile Death Penalty. (October 27-29, 2000 Houston, TX)
Indigent Defense 2000, Redefining Leadership for Equal Justice, Moderator of Plenary Session: Fulfilling the Promise of Gault – Better Outcomes for Children and of Workshop: Police Interrogations, False Confessions, and the Impact on Children and the Court. (June 29-30, 2000, Washington, D.C.)
Juvenile Court Centennial Initiative, Second Chances, Giving Kids a Chance to Make a Better Choice, Panel Discussion with former juvenile offenders at maximum-security juvenile correctional facility. (May 1, 2000, Gainesville State School, Gainesville, TX)
League of Women Voters of Chicago, “Justice for Whom: Juvenile Justice in the Wake of the Reform Act of 1998,” (April 8, 2000, Chicago, IL)
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group, “Emerging Issues in Correctional Health,” Presenter on “Who Are The Patients And What Are Their Needs?: The Mental Health Needs of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System,” (March 13, 2000, Chicago, IL )
Commission on the Prevention of Youth Violence, Presenter on Priority Agendas to Address Youth Violence (March 8, 2000, Ann Arbor, MI )
University of Michigan Law School’s Criminal Law Society, Juvenile Justice Symposium, Presenter on Police Interviewing Techniques (January 28, 2000, Ann Arbor, MI)
Amnesty International’s Hearings on Police Brutality, Presenter on False Confessions and Children (October 21, 1999, Chicago, IL)
24 American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, AACAP Annual Meeting Symposium, Juvenile Justice: Who, Where, and What Next?, Panelist (October 20, 1999, Chicago, IL)
American Bar Association, Juvenile Justice Center, Juvenile Defender Leadership Summit, The Impact of High-Powered Police Interrogations on Children, Co-Panelist with Richard Ofshe (October 16, 1999, Washington, D.C.)
American Bar Association’s National Convention, Taking the Juvenile Court into the Next Century: New Innovations, Programs and Solutions, A Presidential Showcase Program, Panelist, (Atlanta, August 8, 1999)
Cook County Court Watchers Panel Discussion, Schools and Youth in Crisis, Panelist (August 4, 1999, Chicago, IL)
Cook County Court Watchers, Inc., Volunteer Recognition Day Workshop, Panel on Juvenile Justice (June 22, 1999, Chicago, IL)
Harold Washington College, Department of Criminal Justice, and Chicago Legal Aid to Incarcerated Mothers’ Conference, “Incarceration: Breaking the Cycle, Saving the Next Generation,” (May 26, 1999, Chicago, IL).
Juvenile Court Centennial Speakers Series, “Prison and Punishment: The Impact on Children, Youth, and Families of Color,” Presenter on Race and the Juvenile Justice System (April 21, 1999, Chicago, IL).
National Lawyer’s Guild Regional Convention, Major Workshop, “Superpredators or Innocent Victims,” DePaul University Law School (April 17, 1999, Chicago, IL).
Future Leaders Chicago, Presentation regarding Juvenile Court Centennial, Cook County Building (April 13, 1999, Chicago, IL).
Amnesty International, Midwest Region, “Raising Our Voices,” Student Activism Day, Loyola University Chicago, Presentation on Child Soldiers and Juvenile Transfers to Adult Court (February 27, 1999, Chicago, IL).
1998 Annual Fall Criminal Defense Conference, Wisconsin Public Defender, Presentations on Competencies and Capacities of Children and Prosecuting Childhood—Some Legal Issues (November 12, 1998, Madison, WI).
Children’s Memorial Medical Center, Lt. Governor’s Candidate’s Forum/Mary Lou Kearns, Presenter on Juvenile Justice Issues (October 12, 1998, Chicago, IL).
Office of the State Appellate Defender, “Representing Juveniles Charged with Violent Crimes,” A Seminar for Defenders in Juvenile Court (September 18, 1998, Chicago, IL).
Chicago Council on Urban Affairs, 1998 Membership Reception Boat Cruise, Presentation Regarding the Centennial of the Juvenile Court with Bernardine Dohrn (September 1, 1998, Chicago, IL).
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Rainbow/PUSH Coalition’s Citizen’s Education Fund Annual Conference “Leave No One Behind”, the Jessie W. “Ma” Houston Prison Outpost of the Rainbow Push Coalition, “The Social Economy of Prisons,” (August 3, 1998, Chicago, IL)
“The Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 1998,” The Illinois State Bar Association Juvenile Justice Section’s Continuing Legal Education Program, Presentation on “Ethical Issues in Representing Children” (June 20, 1998, Chicago, IL)
Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police Regional 3rd Annual Symposium on Narcotics, Gangs, and Guns, “A View From the Defense” (May 12, 1998, Chicago, IL)
1998 Illinois Youth Summit: “Protecting Our Youth from Violence,” sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (“OJJDP”) and Learn and Serve America panelist on Protecting Our Youth in Schools, Corporation for National Service (May 1, 1998, Chicago, IL).
“Closing the Gap: Education Policy Conference” sponsored by the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and the Citizen’s Education Fund, Panelist on School Violence and Juvenile Justice (March 10, 1998, Chicago, IL)
“Youth in Trouble: Interventions and Outcomes,” Presentation to the Board of the Metropolitan Family Services (March 2, 1998, Chicago, IL)
Juvenile Justice Roundtable: “Juvenile Justice Reform in Illinois,” Panelist. (September 25, 1997, Chicago, IL)
The Illinois Family Policy Council’s Seminar: “Strategies for Juvenile Justice: Balancing the Needs of Youth with the Community,” Panelist. (June 20, 1997, Chicago, IL)
Cook County Juvenile Probation Department's Legal Training. Presentation on Legislative Changes to the Juvenile Court Act (October 18, 1996, Chicago, IL).
Chicago Bar Association, Juvenile Law Committee Meeting. Presentation on Legislative Changes to the Juvenile Court Act (October 17, 1996, Chicago, IL)
Voices for Illinois Children National Conference, “Making Kids Count.” Panelist on Emerging Issues of Juvenile Justice (September 21, 1996, Chicago, IL)
American Civil Liberties Union, Chicago Board of Directors. Presentation on State and Federal Legislation in Juvenile Justice (September 21, 1996, Chicago, IL).
The Young Leaders Forum of the Chicago Community Trust. “Juvenile Crime: Is the Cry to 'Get Tough’ on Juveniles Warranted or Counterproductive?” (July 26, 1996, Chicago, IL).
Chicago Community Trust's Annual Luncheon for the Searle Foundation. “Reconnecting Services and Programs with Local Communities: The Juvenile Justice Perspective” (July 15, 1996, Chicago, IL)
26 Illinois Council for the Prevention of Violence, Policy Committee Meeting. Presentation on State and Federal Juvenile Justice Legislation (July 2, 1996, Chicago, IL)
Annie E. Casey Foundation's National Meeting for Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative Sites, Baltimore, Md. “Innovative Approaches to Representing Juveniles.” (October 13, 1995, Baltimore, MD)
National Association of Sentencing Advocates, “Meeting the Challenge for Our Clients, for Our Time.” Presentation regarding juvenile transfer legislation (May 4, 1995, Chicago, IL)
WORK AS EXPERT CONSULTANT/WITNESS ON POLICE INTERROGATIONS AND FALSE CONFESSIONS
William Hurt et al. v. Jeff Vantlin, et al., No. 3:14-cv-00092-JMS-MPB (S.D. Ind. 2019)(order qualifying Drizin as expert witness in federal civil rights case arising out of coerced and false confessions).
State of Washington v. Brian Del Kitts (Cowlitz County, WA), No. 15-1-01345-6 (2016)(testified at trial on behalf of Cowlitz County Prosecutor as expert witness on false confessions August 17, 2016)
Robert Wilcoxson v. Buncombe County et al., No. 1:13-CV-00224-MR-DLH (W.D. N.C.)(prepared expert report and gave deposition (April 2015)on coercive interrogation tactics and false confessions in federal civil rights action arising out of wrongful conviction)
Polston v. Autozone, No. 2011-59277 (Harris County, Texas)(prepared expert report and gave deposition (April 2013) and trial testimony (July 2014) on coercive interrogation tactics and false confessions in civil suit claiming wrongful termination)(April 2013, July 2014)(Hon. JacLanel McFarland);
Indiana v. Matthew Long, Cause No. 55D03-1208-FA-1097 (Morgan County, Indiana)(prepared expert report, gave deposition on January 15, 2014; case resolved by plea in March 2015)
State of Ohio v. Brandon Moxley, No. 2013 CR-2008 (Montgomery County Ohio)(testified in Daubert hearing and was qualified by court to testify at trial on subject of false confessions and police interrogations)(December 13, 2013)(Hon. Steven Dankof)
People of the State of New York v. Michael Solomon, Indictment No. 2004-262 (Niagara County, NY (October 10, 2013)(testified at Frye hearing as expert witness on false confession but testimony was excluded from trial)(Hon. Sara Farkas)
People of the State of New York v. Jermaine Johnston, Indict. No. 2012-0598 (Monroe County, NY, September 2013)(testimony disallowed on subject of excessive touching by detectives during police interrogations)(Hon. James Piampiano)
27 In re Tyra Patterson (prepared expert report analyzing reliability of confession of Ohio woman for submission to Ohio Parole Board)(July 1, 2013)
State of Indiana v. William Hurt, Sup. Ct No. 82D05-1206-IF-7991. Cause No. 82C01-1207-MR-851 (testified as an expert at jury trial on police interrogations and false confessions)(February 21, 2013)(Hon. Kelli Fink)
State of Indiana v. Daniel Fassnacht, CAUSE NO. 08C01-1110-FA-000003 (prepared expert report on false and coerced confession on July 30, 2012)
State of North Carolina v. Kenneth Kagonyera and Robert Wilcoxson (provided expert affidavit on false confessions for use in hearing before the North Carolina Innocence Commission (April 2011)
In the Matter of Marquis G., 10 Del. 522 (submitted expert report in pre-trial voluntariness hearing on issues relating to juvenile false confessions in September 21, 2010)
State of Arizona v. John Kenneth Watkins III, Case No. CR 2003-034943-001-SE (Maricopa County, Az.)(submitted expert affidavit in support of post-conviction claim of actual innocence)(September 1, 2010)
State of North Carolina v. Gregory Taylor (testified as expert in assessing the reliability of confession evidence in hearing before North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission)(September 2009)
In the Matter of Tyler T., (testified as expert on juvenile false confessions in juvenile court in Grays Harbor, Washington (September 2008)
In the Matter of Barry Massey (testified as expert on juvenile false and coerced confessions in clemency hearing)(September 2006 )
In re John G. Spirko, MANCI #171-433 (submitted an expert report analyzing confession of death row inmate in August 2005 and testified on October 12, 2005 before Ohio Parole Board)
Best v. Grant County (gave deposition as expert witness in class action litigation concerning the failure of Grant County public defenders to adequately represent defendants in confession cases)(June 2005)
In the Matter of Christine Susan Cummings (testified as expert on juvenile false and coerced confessions in clemency hearing (February 2004)
In the Matter of J.R., No. J-1150-04 (qualified as an expert in subject of juvenile false and coerced confessions in juvenile court in Washington, D.C.)(Trial: October 2004)(Hon. Fern Saddler)
28 HUFFINGTON POST BLOGS/ BLUHM BLOGS
From May 2006 through November 2011, Professor Drizin blogged about false confession- related subjects on the Northwestern University School of Law’s Bluhm Legal Clinic Blog (“Bluhm Blog”), available at http://blog.law.northwestern.edu/bluhm/. From 2009 to 2017, Mr. Drizin blogged on Huffington Post about confessions, interrogations and juvenile justice matters. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-drizin/
PODCAST
In 2019-2020, Mr. Drizin co-created, co-wrote, and co-hosted (with Laura Nirider), a thirteen- episode podcast “Wrongful Convictions: False Confessions” produced by LAVA for Good Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No. 1 & PRX. At its peak, the show reached as high as #3 on the United States Apple Podcast Charts and #1 on the True Crime Podcast Charts. In 2020, we completed a second season of 13 episodes.
TELEVISION, RADIO, PRINT, FILM AND LIVE APPEARANCES
Mr. Drizin has appeared on numerous national and local news programs as an expert in the area of juvenile justice, false confessions and police interrogations. He has been a featured guest on ABC’s Nightline with Ted Koppel, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, CNN’s Burden of Proof, Chicago Tonight with John Calloway, FOX T.V.’s In-Depth Program, National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, Pacifica Radio’s Democracy Now with Amy Goodman and has appeared as an expert in episodes of CBS News’ 60 Minutes, ABC’s 20-20, and Dateline NBC, and the A & E Network’s The Point and American Justice. He has been cited as an expert in false confessions in numerous newspapers and magazines, including The Marshall Report, New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Newsday, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Miami Herald, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, San Antonio Express-News, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Magazine, Columbia Journalism Review, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker.
Mr. Drizin has also consulted on several documentary films, including the Central Park Five (directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon), West of Memphis (directed by Amy Berg)(in which he appeared), David & Me (directed by Marc Lamy and Ray Klonsky)(in which he appeared), and two Netflix docuseries -- Making A Murderer: Seasons 1 & 2 (directed by Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi)(in which he appeared) and The Confession Tapes (directed by Kelly Loudenberg).
Mr. Drizin has spoken on the subjects of police interrogations and false confessions throughout the world. Prior to 2018, Drizin had spoken extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Japan and Colombia. After the release of the second season of Making a Murderer, beginning in December 2018 and ending in June 2019, Drizin and his colleague Professor Laura Nirider, embarked on a speaking tour “False Confessions: A Conversation with Brendan Dassey’s Lawyers” that included stops throughout England, Wales, Scotland, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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