Brian Gallini

Books

• Investigative Criminal Procedure: Inside this Century’s Most (In)Famous Cases
  (2d Ed. West Academic 2023).

Articles & Essays

• John Wayne Gacy's Judicial Secret (in progress).
• Pandemic Innovation, 53 Sw. U.L. Rev. (forthcoming 2023). 
• A Pathway to Licensure Reform (solicited book chapter, completed draft available upon request). 
• Justice Jackson's Persistent Post-Nuremberg Legacy, 105 Judicature 18 (2021) (solicited).
• Pandemic Leadership, 52 Tol. L. Rev. 261 (2021). 
• Suspects, Cars & Police Dogs: A Complicated Relationship, 95 Wash. L. Rev. 1725 (2020).
• The Interrogations of Brendan Dassey, 102 Marq. L. Rev. 775 (2019). 
• The Languishing Public Safety Doctrine, 68 Rutgers L. Rev. 957 (2016) (lead article). 
• The Unlikely Meeting Between Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Benjamin Quarles, 66 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 393 (2015).
• The Historical Case for Abandoning Strickland, 94 Neb. L. Rev. 302 (2015) (2015 Southeastern Association of Law Schools Call-for-Papers Winner). 
• Nuremberg Lives On:  How Justice Jackson’s International Experience Continues to Shape Domestic Criminal Procedure, 46 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 1 (2014) (lead article). 
• HBO’s The Wire & Criminal Procedure:  A Match Made in Heaven, 64 J. Legal Ed. 114 (2014). 
• Teaching Federal Criminal Law: Survey Says . . . “It’s hard”, 11 Ohio St. J. Crim. L. 795 (2014). 
• Bringing Down a Legend: How an “Independent” Grand Jury Ended Joe Paterno’s Career, 80 Tenn. L. Rev. 705 (2013) (featured on The Faculty Lounge Blog & Evidence Prof Blog). 
• Does Proving Predicate Offenses in Arkansas Require Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt? 2013 Ark. Law Notes 1520 (2013) (with Britta Stamps). 
• Rethinking Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 42 Search & Seizure Law Report 9 (2013) (solicited). 
• From Philly to Fayetteville: Reflections on Teaching Criminal Law in the First Year . . . Four Years Later, 10 Ohio St. J. Crim. L. 651 (2013).  
• Schneckloth v. Bustamonte: History’s Unspoken Fourth Amendment Anomaly, 79 Tenn. L. Rev. 233 (2012) (lead article & 2012 Southeastern Association of Law Schools Call-for-Papers Winner). 
• To Serve and Protect? Officers as Expert Witnesses in Federal Drug Prosecutions, 19 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 363 (2012) (featured on Evidence Prof Blog).
• Car stops, Borders, and Profiling: The Hunt for Undocumented (Illegal?) Immigrants in Border Towns, 89 Neb. L. Rev. 709 (2011) (with Elizabeth Young). 
• From Philly to Fayetteville: Reflections on Teaching Criminal Law in the First Year, 83 Temp. L. Rev. 475 (2011). 
• Driving Through Arkansas? Have Your DNA Sample Ready, 37 Search & Seizure Law Report 45 (2010) (solicited). 
• Police “Science” in the Interrogation Room: The Use of Pseudo-Psychological Interrogation Methods to Obtain Seventy Years of Inadmissible Confessions, 61 Hastings L.J. 529 (2010) (lead article). 
• Step Out of the Car: License, Registration, and DNA Please, 62 Ark. L. Rev. 475 (2009) (solicited). 
• Help Wanted: Seeking One Good Appellate Brief That Forces the Arkansas Supreme Court to Clarify its Criminal Discovery Jurisprudence, 2009 Ark. L. Notes 97 (2009) (peer-edited). 
• Equal Sentences for Unequal Participation: Should the Eighth Amendment Allow All Juvenile Murder Accomplices to Receive Life Without Parole? 87 Or. L. Rev. 29 (2008) (lead article & featured on Juvenile Justice Blog). 
• Herding Bullfrogs Towards a More Balanced Wheelbarrow:  An Illustrative Recommendation for Federal Sentencing Post-Booker, 33 Notre Dame J. Legis. 1 (2006) (with Emily Shults).

Blog Posts

• Oregon Supreme Court Set to Examine Alternative Pathways to Attorney Licensure, The Faculty Lounge (July 5, 2021).
• Miranda basics & the interrogation of James Holmes, The Faculty Lounge (Dec. 2, 2019). 
• The West Memphis Three & Fourteenth Amendment Voluntariness, The Faculty Lounge (Nov. 25, 2019).  
• TF Mafia & the Automobile Exception, The Faculty Lounge (Nov. 18, 2019). 
• Steven Avery & Search Warrants, The Faculty Lounge (Nov. 11, 2019). 
• Aaron Hernandez & the Fourth Amendment’s Plain View Doctrine, The Faculty Lounge (Nov. 4, 2019). 
• Alex Levin & the Fourth Amendment’s Exclusionary Rule, The Faculty Lounge (Oct. 28, 2019). 
• John Wayne Gacy & Probable Cause, The Faculty Lounge (Oct. 21, 2019). 
• O.J. Simpson & Exigent Circumstances, The Faculty Lounge (Oct. 14, 2019). 
• Teaching Strickland v. Washington through the case of Adnan Syed, The Faculty Lounge (Oct. 7, 2019).  
• Bringing famous defendants into the Criminal Procedure classroom, The Faculty Lounge (Dec. 2, 2019). 
• The Supreme Court’s Chance to Eliminate Anti-Gay Juror Bias, The Faculty Lounge (Apr. 5, 2019). 
• Bringing Students into the Criminal Procedure Courtroom, Prawfsblawg, (Nov. 28. 2018). 
• The Aftermath of Len Kachinsky’s Defense Representation, The Faculty Lounge (Sept. 27, 2018). 
• Len Kachinsky & the Fallible Strickland Standard, The Faculty Lounge (Aug. 30, 2018). 
• The Other Explanation for Brendan Dassey’s Conviction, The Faculty Lounge (July 16, 2018). 
• Reigniting the need for Dassey in the Classroom, The Faculty Lounge (July 5, 2018). 
• Reid & Sequential Interrogations, The Faculty Lounge (June 21, 2018). 
• Reid & Brendan Dassey’s Lost Defense, The Faculty Lounge (June 11, 2018). 
• When Interview Becomes Interrogation, The Faculty Lounge (May 16, 2018). 
• Merging the Reid Technique with Miranda in the Classroom, The Faculty Lounge (May 2, 2018). 
• A Critical Omission from the Criminal Procedure Classroom, The Faculty Lounge (Apr. 23, 2018). 
• Bringing Brendan Dassey into the Classroom, The Faculty Lounge (Apr. 18, 2018).

Recent Media

• Cathy Cheney, Parsing the Playbook of the Aequitas defense attorneys, Portland Business Journal (May 17, 2023).
• Jacob H. Rooksby, Johanna Kalb, & Brian Gallini, Law school rankings worsen profession's socioeconomic gaps, The Seattle Times (December 12, 2022).
• Ardeshir Tabrizian, Marion County prosecutor weaves judge's election into sentencing discussion, Salem Reporter (Nov. 1, 2022).
• Stephanie Francis Ward, Examining the Bar: Should law grads need to pass the bar to practice? Some say there is a better way, ABA Journal (Oct. 1, 2022).
• Dejania Oliver, Election 2022: Measure 114 could change how Oregonians handle their guns, Statesman Journal (Sept. 27, 2022).
• Patty Roberts, Conversation with Brian Gallini, Dean of Willamette College of Law (Podcast), EdUp Legal (Sept. 16, 2022).
• Elizabeth Hayes, Rules of law: 6 ways Portland law firms are evolving amid Covid, social justice and talent wars, Portland Business Journal (Apr. 29, 2022).
• Mike Stetz, New bar exam to focus on more skills testing, National Jurist PreLaw (Apr. 13, 2022).
•  Mike Stetz, Let’s Kill the Bar Exam, National Jurist Magazine (Winter 2022).
• Elizabeth Hayes, Why new Oregon lawyers may soon not need to take the bar exam, Portland Business Journal (January 25, 2022).
• Rachel Alexander, Why Willamette’s law school dean wants alternatives to the bar exam, Salem Reporter (Jan. 21, 2022).
• Meerah Powell, Oregon advances alternative routes to becoming a licensed lawyer, OPB.org (Jan. 17, 2022).
• Associated Press, Oregon Supreme Court opens door for alternatives to bar exam, APNews.com (Jan. 13, 2022).
• Ayumi Davis, Oregon Closer to Becoming Third State to Allow Would-Be Lawyers to Skip Bar Exam, Newsweek (Jan. 13, 2022).
• Karen Sloan, Oregon moves closer to a bar exam alternative, Reuters (Jan. 12, 2022).
•  Zane Sparling, Oregon Supreme Court approves dropping bar exam requirement, adding options for new lawyers, The Oregonian (Jan. 12, 2022).
• Stephanie Francis Ward, While NCBE sticks with in-person February Bar, Oregon Supreme Court shows support for future alternative licensure plans, ABA Journal (Jan. 11, 2022).
•  Amanda Robert, New program guarantees diverse students admission to law school, ABA Journal (Nov. 29, 2021).
• Karen Sloan, New law school diversity program has a twist: Guaranteed admission, Reuters (Nov. 29, 2021).
• Amy Luitjens, It's Time to Transform Legal Education (Podcast), EAB OFFICE HOURS (Sept. 14, 2021).
• Austin De Dios, Oregon Colleges Double Down on Creating More Equity-Driven Attorneys, PORTLAND BUSINESS JOURNAL (Aug. 19, 2021)
• Stephanie Francis Ward, Stephanie Francis Ward, State Supreme Court Asked to Consider New Licensure Paths for Lawyers, ABA Journal (Aug. 5, 2021).
• The State of the College of Law (Aug. 26, 2021).
• David Schultz, Bar Exam Has Got to Go, Law School Dean Says (Podcast), BLOOMBERG LAW (Aug. 3, 2021).
• Austin De Dios, Willamette U. law dean on building a more equitable legal profession, Portland Business Journal (July 21, 2021).
• Trevor Mason, Willamette Law expands law clinic services, National Jurist (July 15, 2021).
• Karen Sloan, Oregon High Court Wants More Time to Mull ‘Huge Change’ of Bar Exam Alternatives, Law.com (July 8, 2021).
• Stephanie Francis Ward, State Supreme Court Asked to Consider New Licensure Paths for Lawyers, ABA Journal (July 1, 2021).
• Karen Sloan, Oregon Becomes First State to Weigh Permanent Bar Exam Alternatives Following Pandemic Upheaval, Law.com (June 30, 2021).
• Noelle Cromble, Oregon May Drop Bar Exam Requirement, Add Options for New Lawyers – A Rarity, The Oregonian (June 30, 2021).
• Tracy Keogh, The Suppression: Nine Steps to Self-Incrimination, Sixth Hour Podcast: The Wrongful Conviction of Brendan Dasse‪y (Feb. 21, 2021).
• Jacob Ryan & Eleanor Klibanoff, LMPD’s Top Warrant Cop Accused Of Sexual Abuse, Questionable Tactics, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (Feb. 4, 2021).
• Jacob Ryan & Travis Ragsdale, Kentucky Issued A Search Warrant Reform. Louisville Police Aren’t On Board Yet, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (Oct. 28, 2020).
• Tony Batt, U.S. Supreme Court Nomination Raises Red Flag for Indian Gaming, Gambling Compliance (Oct. 7, 2020).
• Max Brantley, A law professor analyzes — and condemns — State Police stop of Black motorist. Read it, Arkansas Times (Sept. 11, 2020).