Sandra D. Jordan

Sandra D. Jordan has a wealth of experience in criminal prosecution, particularly in the area of white-collar crime. She served for almost 10 years as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, eventually heading the White Collar Crimes unit of the U.S. Attorney's office. From 1988 to 1991, she was a member of the prosecution team in the Iran-Contra trial, one of the most significant tests of executive powers and congressional immunity in recent times.

Active in professional and community organizations, Professor Jordan has served as the vice chairperson of the Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania, which investigates and files charges of misconduct against members of the state's judiciary. She has had numerous professional affiliations, including as a Master in the Inns of Court, University of Pittsburgh chapter, and is a member of the Civil Justice Advisory Group for the Western District Court of Pennsylvania, and the Disciplinary Board committee for the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Professor Jordan has been an instructor, lecturer, and presenter on evidence, trial advocacy and white-collar crime on several occasions for practicing attorneys, judges, law enforcement officials, and investigators. Her scholarly writings have appeared in Columbia Law Review, Howard Journal of Social Justice, Chicago-Kent Law Review, and Black Law Journal.

Courses Previously Taught

• Criminal Law
• Evidence
• White Collar Crimes

Selected Publications

Books:

• Sandra D. Jordan, 24 Pennsylvania Law Encyclopedia: Evidence to Execution (2d. ed. LexisNexis Matthew Bender 2007).
• Sandra D. Jordan & J. Kelly Strader, White Collar Crime: Cases, Materials, and Problems (LexisNexis Matthew Bender 2005). Includes Teachers Manual.

Scholarly Articles:

• Sandra D. Jordan & Jennifer Gardner, Does the Attorney Client Privilege Protection Act Really Protect the Privilege, 21, no.12 White-Collar Crime Reporter 2 (Aug. 2007).
• Sandra D. Jordan, Have We Come Full Circle?: Judicial Sentencing Discretion Revived in Booker and Fanfan, 3 Pepperdine Law Review 3 (2006).
• Sandra D. Jordan, Fraud and Money Laundering: A Renewed Look at the Sentencing Guidelines: Part II, 17 White-Collar Crime Reporter 9 (July 2003).
• Sandra D. Jordan, Fraud and Money Laundering: A Renewed Look at the Sentencing Guidelines, 17 White-Collar Crime Reporter 8 (June 2003).
• Sandra D. Jordan, The Criminal Trial Jury: Erosion of Jury Power, 5 Howard Scroll: The Social Justice Law Review 1 (Spring 2002).

Public Commentary and Op-Eds:

• Sandra D. Jordan, FBI’s Lead Wecht Investigator Had Been Reprimanded, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, July 27, 2006.
• Sandra D. Jordan, Court to Quote Wecht, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, February 14, 2006.
• Sandra D. Jordan, The Devil in the Details: The CIA Leak Case, Jurist, October 31, 2005,
• Sandra D. Jordan, Special Counsel Enters Line of Fire, Houston Chronicle, Washington Bur., Oct. 18, 2005.
• Sandra D. Jordan, Was BALCO Probe Worth All the Time, Money, and Trouble?, USA Today, Oct. 18, 2005.