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Criminal Justice Center Faculty

Jonathan P. Witmer-Rich
Joseph C. Hostetler – BakerHostetler Professor of Law and Co-Director Criminal Justice Center
  • BA
    Goshen College
    English
    1997
  • JD
    University of Michigan
    2000

BIO

Professor Witmer-Rich's research focuses on criminal procedure and criminal law theory, covering areas such as warrants for covert searches, affirmative consent in rape and sexual assault law, the provocation doctrine, and pretextual traffic stops. His articles have appeared in journals such as American Criminal Law Review, Florida Law Review, Criminal Law and Philosophy, Pepperdine Law Review, Case Western Reserve Law Review, and Texas Tech Law Review. He teaches courses in criminal law, criminal procedure, and law and terrorism.

Robert J. Triozzi
Clinical Professor and Co-Director, Criminal Justice Center
LB76
216-687-2263
  • BA
    Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
    History and Government
    1979
  • JD
    Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio
    1982

BIO

Robert J. Triozzi is a Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Director of the CSU Law Criminal Justice Center committed to providing a wide variety of real-world experiential learning opportunities for CSU Law students. Professor Triozzi serves as the Director of the CSU Law Pretrial Justice Clinic, supervises students in the CSU Law Externship Program and teaches courses in Criminal Justice Reform and Criminal Pretrial Practice.

Milena Sterio
Charles R. Emrick Jr. - Calfee, Halter & Griswold Endowed Professor of Law and Director, LL.M. Program
LB131
216-687-3852
  • BA
    Rutgers College, New Brunswick
    French Literature/Political Science
    1998
  • University Paris I-Pantheon-Sorbonne
    Maitrise en droit franco-americain
    2002
  • MA
    University Paris I-Pantheon-Sorbonne
    Private International Law
    2003
  • JD
    Cornell Law School
    2002

BIO

Professor Sterio earned her law degree, magna cum laude, from Cornell Law School in 2002. At Cornell, she was Order of the Coif, general editor of the Cornell International Law Journal and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 2003, she earned a master's degree, cum laude, in Private International Law from the University Paris I-Pantheon-Sorbonne; in 2002, she earned a Maitrise en droit franco-americain cum laude, also from the Sorbonne. Her undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, in Political Science and French Literature is from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Patricia J. Falk
Professor Emeritus
LB235
216-687-3904
  • BA
    Union College
  • PhD
    University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • JD
    University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Bio:

Professor Falk clerked for United States Magistrate Arthur L. Burnett, Sr., upon her graduation from law school and was a Trial Attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, from 1985 through 1991. She has tried numerous criminal and civil cases.

Peter D. Garlock
Professor Emeritus
LB161
216-687-2327
  • BA
    Yale University
  • LLB
    Yale University
  • PhD
    Yale University

Bio:

Professor Garlock came to the College of Law after serving as a member of the history department of Wellesley College, as a legal advisor to the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Kenya, as an assistant director of the IJA-ABA Juvenile Justice Standards Project, and as research associate in law with the Carnegie Council on Children. Combining his interests in legal history and juvenile law, Professor Garlock has published on the legal treatment of juveniles in nineteenth and twentieth century America.