Elizabeth Boals began as the Assistant Director of the Trial Advocacy Program in
2005 and became the Program's Associate Director in 2009. Her areas of
specialization include: Criminal and Civil Trial Advocacy, Criminal Law and Procedure,
and Evidence. Before joining the faculty at WCL, Professor Boals defended the U.S.
Department of Commerce on alleged violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the
Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Rehabilitation Act. She was a partner at
Lay, Ippolito & Dillard, PLLC, and, prior to that, an attorney at Zwerdling, Paul,
Leibig, Kahn, Thompson & Wolly, P.C. She began her legal career as an assistant
public defender in the Office of the Public Defender in Alexandria, Virginia. Professor
Boals is a National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) Advocacy Program faculty member
and author and has lectured at Maryland and Virginia Coalitions of Police Conferences;
Virginia Public Defenders’ Boot Camp for New Lawyers; Alexandria Inmate Outreach Program;
and Alexandria Community Corrections Program.

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Expert Testimony: A Guide for Expert Witnesses and the Lawyers Who Examine Them, Books (2009)
 

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Tributes: The Honorable Iram S. Raker (with Robert M. Bell, Glenn T. Harrell, Mary Ellen Barbera, Andrew L. Sonner, David A. Aaronson, Anthony C. Morella, Bruce A. Fredrickson, Barlow Burke, Linda D. Schwartz, and Gerard M. Babendreir), American University Law Review (2008)
 

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Reflections: The Honorable Irma S. Raker – Judge, Teacher, and Role Model, Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals (2008)

This article is a sketch of Judge Irma S. Raker’s career from her days as...