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About Eric R. Carpenter

Professor Carpenter joined FIU Law in 2013. He served as a helicopter pilot in the Army for five years before attending law school under the Army’s Funded Legal Education Program. Following law school, he served as a legal aid attorney, international law attorney, prosecutor, and supervising defense counsel in the Army JAG Corps. He deployed to Afghanistan in 2003 and served as the lead defense attorney on a capital murder case from 2007-2009. From 2010 to 2013, he helped develop training and policy to address the sexual assault issue in the military while teaching at the Army’s law school in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he was the Chair of the Criminal Law Department. His research interests are in military justice, sexual violence against women, and capital litigation. He was elected to the American Law Institute in 2013, is a member of the ABA’s Military Justice Committee, and is an affiliated faculty member with the FIU Center for Women’s and Gender Studies. Away from work, Professor Carpenter likes to ski, surf, play tennis, and hang out with his kids.

Positions

2011 - Present Faculty, National College of Capital Voir Dire
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Present Assistant Professor of Law, Florida International University College of Law
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2011 - 2013 Chair and Professor, The Judge Advocate General’s School, Charlottesville, VA ‐ Criminal Law Department
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2010 - 2011 Associate Professor, The Judge Advocate General’s School, Charlottesville, VA ‐ Criminal Law Department
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2005 - 2009 Senior Defense Counsel and Capital Defense Counsel, Fort Bragg, NC
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2002 - 2003 Operational and International Law Attorney, Fort Drum, NY
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1994 - 1998 Aviation Platoon Leader and Executive Officer, Fort Carson, CO
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Honors and Awards

  • ABA NCSCJ Judicial Education Award, 2014
  • Awarded Bronze Star for Service in Afganistan, 2003
  • Awarded in Military Law with a Criminal Law Specialty Commandant’s List
  • The Judge Paul W. Brosman Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Study of Criminal Law

Courses

  • Capital Litigation
  • Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure
  • Evidence
  • Military Justice
  • Professional Responsibility
  • Sexual Violence against Women
  • Trial Advocacy

Education

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2010 MMAS, Command and General Staff College, U.S. Army
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2005 LL.M., Law, The Judge Advocate General’s School, U.S. Army
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2001 J.D., Law, University of California, Los Angeles
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1993 B.A. (cum laude), University of California, Berkeley
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Contact Information

Florida International University College of Law
11200 SW 8th St., RDB 2037
Miami, FL 33199

Ph: 305.348.4560

Email:

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