Ira Robbins, Professor at AU's Washington College of Law and Director of the Dual Degree Program in Law and Justice, is an expert on criminal law and procedure, the death penalty, habeas corpus, post-conviction remedies, corrections, prisoners' rights, privatization of prisons and jails, conspiracy law, the insanity defense, criminology, the Supreme Court, judicial nominations, judicial administration, conflict of laws, and judicial process. He was acting director of the Federal Judicial Center's Division of Education and Training and served as the reporter for the American Bar Association's Task Force on Death Penalty Habeas Corpus and its Task Force on Privatization of Corrections. Professor Robbins also served as a Supreme Court Fellow and as a special consultant to the Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States. In 2008, Professor Robbins was named a member of the American Bar Association Task Force on Post-Conviction Remedies.
Constitutional Law
Ghostwriting: Filling in the Gaps of Pro Se Prisoners’ Access to the Courts, Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals (2010)
Compared with other litigants, pro se prisoners are at an inherent disadvantage when they try...
Lessons from Hurricane Katrina: Prison Emergency Preparedness as a Constitutional Imperative, Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals (2008)
Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst natural disasters ever to strike the United States,...
Legal Education
Best Practices on ‘Best Practices’: Legal Education and Beyond, Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals (2009)
“Best practices” has become one of the most common research and development techniques in the...
‘Best Practices’: What’s the Point?, Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals (2009)
In a separate article - Best Practices on “Best Practices”: Legal Education and Beyond -...