John M. Burkoff is a prolific author, teacher, public speaker, lawyer, and expert witness.

Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh since 1976 and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs from July, 2000 to January 2004, he has published nineteen books and over sixty articles in the areas of criminal justice and legal ethics. Professor Burkoff was awarded the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award by the University of Pittsburgh and has been involved with projects relating to human rights, criminal justice, legal ethics, and legal education all over the world. He has also held a faculty appointment at the University of Ghent (Belgium) Faculty of Law, where he has taught most recently as the Chair in Foreign Law.

Under the auspices of the U.S. State Department and Embassy in Reykjavik, Burkoff has lectured at the University of Iceland School of Law, the Iceland Bar Association, and the Iceland Judges Association. He has also taught at the University of Belgrade, the University of Nairobi, and Moi University (Kenya), and worked for our Embassies in Burundi and Kenya, and with the governments of Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, and Ethiopia. He taught legal ethics to Eastern European lawyers in Slovakia in December of 2005, and worked on a State Department project in Albania in July of 2006, consulting on civilian control of the police and teaching at the National Police Academy.

Burkoff has sailed on Semester at Sea as a faculty member on the Spring 1990 Voyage, Academic Dean on the Fall 1996 Voyage, the first Director of the "Law at Sea" Program on the Summer 2001 Voyage, and Executive Dean of the Summer 2007 Voyage.

Burkoff was a Ford Foundation Fellow at Harvard Law School, a past Chairperson of the Criminal Justice Section of the Association of American Law Schools, and the first Chairperson of the city of Pittsburgh's Citizen Police Review Board. He is currently a member of the Pennsylvania Commission on Judicial Independence, and does consulting and expert work today for many American law firms.

Education

Links

• Criminal Defense & Prosecutorial Ethics Seminar
• Criminal Procedure
• Legal Profession

Specialization

• Criminal Law
• Constitutional Criminal Procedure
• Legal Ethics
• Human Rights

Selected Publications

Books:

• Criminal Defense Ethics: Law and Liability 2012 Edition, (West, 2012).
• Exam Pro Objective on Criminal Law, (with Professor Nancy Burkoff, West, 2012).
• Ineffective Assistance of Counsel 2012 Edition, (with Professor Nancy Burkoff, West, 2012).
• Inside Criminal Law: What Matters and Why, (2d ed., with Russell Weaver, Aspen, 2011).
• Criminal Law: A Contemporary Approach (West Interactive Casebook Series), (with Russell Weaver & Catherine Hancock, and Teachers’ Manual, 2011).
• Search Warrant Law Desk Book, (West, 2012 ed., also on WESTLAW).
• Criminal Law: [Essay Exams and Analysis] ,(Sum & Substance Exam Pro Series, West, 2010).
• Criminal Offenses and Defenses in Pennsylvania, (6th ed., West Pennsylvania Practice Series, also available on WESTLAW, 2010).
• Acing Criminal Law, (West, 2009).
• John M. Burkoff & R. Weaver, Inside Criminal Law, (Aspen, 2008., 2d ed. forthcoming, 2011).
• John M. Burkoff, R. Weaver, L. Abramson, & C. Hancock, Principles of Criminal Procedure 3rd edition, (Thomson/West, 2008).
• John M. Burkoff, R. Weaver, L. Abramson, R. Bacigal, C. Hancock, & D. Lively, Criminal Procedure: Cases & Materials, Problems & Exercises, (4th ed., Thomson/West, 2010, authored prior editions).
• John M. Burkoff, R. Weaver, L. Abramson, & C. Hancock, Principles Of Criminal Procedure, (Thomson/West, 2d ed., 2007).
• John M. Burkoff, R. Weaver, L. Abramson, & C. Hancock, Criminal Law: Cases & Materials, Problems & Exercises, (3d ed., Thomson/West, 2009, authored prior editions).
• Criminal Offenses And Defenses In Pennsylvania, (5th ed., Thomson/West, 2004, authored prior editions).
• Criminal Defense Ethics: Law and Liability, (West Group, 2010; annual soft-cover editions beginning in 2002; authored prior editions; includes annual supplement).
• John M. Burkoff & Nancy Burkoff, Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel, (Thomson/West, 1993, and annual supplementary releases and pocket part supplements, 1993 to present).
• Search Warrant Law Deskbook (Thomson/West, 1987, semiannual supplementary releases, 1988 to present).

Scholarly Articles:

• Search Me? in Citizen Ignorance, Police Deception, and the Constitution: A Symposium, 39 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 1109 (2007).
• Remembering Welsh White, 4 Ohio S. J. Crim. L. 15 (2006).
• The Fourth Amendment & Terrorism, 109 Penn State L. Rev. 911 (Spring 2005), reprinted as adapted in 32 Search & Seizure L. Report 41 (June 2005).
• 'A Flame of Fire': The Fourth Amendment in Perilous Times, 74 Mississippi L.J. (2004).
• John M. Burkoff & Nancy Burkoff, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Based on Counsel's Alleged Fourth Amendment Failures, 30 Search & Seizure L. Rep. 41 (June 2003).

Monthly Newsletters:

• John M. Burkoff, Coordinating Editor, Search and Seizure Law Report (monthly). West Group, May 1989 to present.

Presentations:

• Visiting Professor, “U.S. Criminal Law,” University of Navarra, (Feb.-Mar. 2012).
• Visiting Professor, “Introduction to U.S. Criminal Justice,” Bahcesehir University Faculty of Law, (May 2012).
• Lecturer, “Understanding Criminal Justice Systems: What in the World is Going On?” ISE Distinguished Lecturer on the World (private, residential cruise ship), (June 2012).
• Pitt Law at PNC Park CLE, Moderator & Speaker, When an Athlete Gets in Trouble: Conflicting Roles of the Defense Attorney, Sports Agent, and Club Counsel.
• Pitt Law "Boatgate" Alumni Reception at Heinz Field, Co-Host & Speaker, Alumni Reception with Pitt Business School.

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Awards and Honors

• Chancellor's Distinguished Public Service Award (2009)
• University of Pittsburgh Student Bar Association Excellence in Teaching Award (2007)
• Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award (1987)

Selected Professional Activities

• Member, American Law Institute
• Member, Pennsylvania Commission on Judicial Independence
• Fellow, Allegheny County Bar Foundation Fellows Program
• Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association Judicial Advertising Review Board
• Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association Amicus Curiae Committee
• Member, American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section's Committee on Ethics, Gideon and Professionalism
• Member, Members Consultative Group, Principles of Government Ethics, American Law Institute
• West Virginia University, Executive MBA Investigative Panel (2008)
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Commission on Judicial Independence, (2006-present)
• American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, Ethics, Gideon and Professionalism Committee (2006-present.)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, Judicial Campaign Advertising Advisory Board (1995-present)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, Amicus Curiae Brief Committee (1991-present; Chairperson, 1994-1995)
• Consultant and Lecturer, Community Policing in Albania Project, Institute for Democracy & Mediation, Center for Russian & East European Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Tirana, Albania (2006)
• University of Pittsburgh, Provost's Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence ( 2004-2006)
• Faculty, Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges, Judicial Education Conference (2006, 2000, 1997, 1995, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984)
• Lecturer, Legal Ethics & Legal Profession in the United States, United States Steel Legal Department, Kosice, Slovakia (2005)
• Faculty, Pennsylvania Supreme Court New Judges Training Program, Criminal Law (2002, 2000, 1996, 1992, 1990, 1988, 1985)
• Speaker & Consultant, U.S. State Department, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Embassy, Reykjavik, Iceland (2000)
• Chairperson, Updating Task Force, Third Edition, Special Functions of the Trial Judge, Criminal Justice Standards, Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Association (1997-2000)
• Founding Chairman & Board Member, City of Pittsburgh Citizens Police Review Board (1997-1999)