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About Brian Gallini


Brian Gallini is Dean and Professor of Law at the Willamette University College of Law. Gallini joined the College of Law in 2020. His scholarship, which focuses on law enforcement discretion issues in the context of interrogation methods, consent searches and profiling, has been published in some of the nation’s top law journals. Gallini teaches a variety of doctrinal criminal courses. He has developed seminars and taught overseas. He is interviewed regularly by local, state, national and international media outlets to provide legal perspective on current events.
 
Gallini regularly presents papers at a variety of conferences, roundtables and colloquia. He has twice won the Southeastern Association of American Law Schools Call for Papers competition and he was named the 2017 SEC Faculty Achievement Award Winner. His work has been published in the Hastings Law Journal, George Mason Law Review and Washington Law Review — among others. He has also published the first edition of Investigative Criminal Procedure: Inside This Century's Most (In)Famous Cases. His expert commentary has been featured in global media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, and Christian Science Monitor as well stories distributed through the Associate Press.
 
Before coming to the College of Law, Gallini served in a variety of administrative roles while on the faculty at the University of Arkansas School of Law, including as director of distance learning initiatives, senior associate dean for faculty and associate dean for research and faculty development. He also served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Robert W. Clifford on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and practiced white-collar criminal defense at the Washington, D.C., office of Duane Morris LLP. He left practice to clerk for the Honorable Richard Allen Griffin on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Court and taught for two years at the Temple University Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia.

In the classroom, Gallini teaches Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure I & II and Federal Criminal Law. He has also developed seminars titled Problems in Police Discretion, Crime & the Supreme Court, and Lawyers & Leadership. Gallini has taught criminal courses internationally in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Lodz, Poland. While at the University of Arkansas, he received the School of Law award for outstanding teaching and the graduation award for hooding.
 
Gallini received a Bachelor of Arts in Russian studies from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School where he served as the articles editor on the Michigan Journal of International Law. He earned a Master of Laws from Temple University Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia.
 
Outside of academia, Gallini coached ice hockey for several years. He served as the head coach for the University of Pennsylvania men’s hockey team from 2006-08 and coached the University of Arkansas men’s hockey team from 2009-18. While coaching at Arkansas, he amassed five conference titles, three appearances at the Division III National Tournament, and was voted the 2013-14 SECHC Coach of the Year. He served the team as its program director from 2018-20 by focusing on fundraising and external relations.
 
Gallini lives in Salem with his wife, Beth, and their two sons—Braxton and Caden.

Positions

Present Dean, Willamette University ‐ School of Law
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Present Professor of Law, Willamette University ‐ School of Law
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Research Interests

My scholarship focuses on law enforcement discretion issues in the context of interrogation methods, consent searches, and profiling.

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Honors and Awards

  • 2015 Southeastern Association of Law Schools Call-for-Papers Winner
  • 2012 Southeastern Association of Law Schools Call-for-Papers Winner
  • 2012 Graduation Award for Hooding
  • 2011 Lewis E. Epley, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching Law

Courses

  • Crime & the Supreme Court (seminar)
  • Police Discretion (seminar)
  • Federal Criminal Law
  • Criminal Procedure II
  • Criminal Procedure I
  • Criminal Law

Education

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2006 - 2008 LLM, Abraham L. Freedman Fellow & Lecturer in Law, Temple University ‐ Law
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2000 - 2002 JD, University of Michigan Law School ‐ Law
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1995 - 1999 BA, College of the Holy Cross
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Contact Information

Willamette University College of Law
245 Winter St SE
Salem, OR 97301
(503) 370-6024 (direct)

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Books (1)

Research Works (24)