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About Elizabeth Boals

Elizabeth Ippolito Boals taught at AUWCL for 15 years. She served as the Assistant Dean of Part-time and Online Education, Director of the Criminal Justice Practice and Policy Institute, and Associate Director of the Weinstein Trial Advocacy Program . Her areas of specialization include: Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Trial Advocacy, Expert Testimony, and Jury Selection. Dean Boals is a recipient of the WCL Faculty Leadership Award, AU Outstanding Teaching Award and is a long-time member of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) teaching faculty.

Before joining the faculty at AUWCL, Dean Boals defended the U.S. Department of Commerce on alleged violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Fair Labor Standards 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. where she served as counsel to the International Union of Police Associations. Dean Boals began her legal career as an assistant public defender in the Office of the Public Defender in Alexandria, Virginia handling a felony caseload from trials in District Court through appeals to the Virginia Court of Appeals. Dean Boals has served as an elected member of the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Committee.

Dean Boals’ publications include NITA case files and teaching manuals: State v. SanchezState v. PeytonAddison v. Peyton, and Stanton v. Armstrong. She co-authored the second and third editions of Expert Testimony: A Guide for Expert Witnesses and the Lawyers Who Examine Them. Dean Boals lectures frequently both domestically and abroad on topics related to expert witness testimony, eye witness identification and trial skills. In particular, Dean Boals is on the faculty of the Comparative Advocacy; Mastering Trial Advocacy Course offered at Oxford University and Annual Georgetown Law Center/NITA Intensive Session in Trial Advocacy Skills. She has also presented at the SEAK 21st Annual National Expert Witness Conference and Expert Testimony and Trial Skills Conference in Santiago, Chile.

Positions

Present Assistant Dean, Part-Time & Online Education, American University Washington College of Law
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Present Practitioner-in-Residence, American University Washington College of Law
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2017 Associate Director, Stephen S. Weinstein Trial Advocacy Program, American University Washington College of Law
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Curriculum Vitae




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Professional Service and Affiliations

Present Faculty, National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA)
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Honors and Awards

  • WCL Faculty Leadership Award
  • AU Outstanding Teaching Award

Courses

  • LAW-507-002 Criminal Law
  • LAW-795BP-001 Civil Trial Advocacy
  • LAW-795BP-001A Civil Trial Advocacy
  • LAW-968-001 Evidentiary Foundations & Objections
  • LAW-968-001 Evidenry Founda & Objections

Education

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B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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J.D., George Mason University School of Law
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Contact Information

American University Washington College of Law
4300 Nebraska Avenue, NW, Room C303B
Washington, D.C. 20016
(202) 274-4073

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