Nancy Burkoff teaches Legal Writing to first year students, and Legal Writing and Analysis to international students in the Master of Laws Program for Foreign Law Graduates. Professor Burkoff joined the law faculty full time in 2008, after teaching advanced legal writing courses and legal writing and analysis for LL.M. students, at the School of Law as an adjunct faculty member for many years.
A former free-lance writer and television production assistant prior to earning her law degree, Professor Burkoff served as Senior Career Law Clerk to the Honorable Maurice B. Cohill, Jr., United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania for fourteen years. She has extensive experience in drafting judicial opinions, including numerous published decisions, in a wide variety of civil and criminal areas, including constitutional law, civil procedure, and employment discrimination.
Professor Burkoff is co-author of the leading national treatise on the subject of ineffective assistance of counsel. She has also published articles on state constitutional law, federal jurisdiction, and criminal procedure. She has taught in the CLEO Summer Institute at the Law School, and has a strong interest in international legal education.
Education
Currently Teaching
- LL.M. Legal Analysis
Specialization
Selected Publications
Books:
Nancy M. Burkoff & John M. Burkoff, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, West, 2002-2009.
Articles:
• Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Based on Counsel's Alleged Fourth Amendment Failures, 30 Search & Seizure L. Rep. 41 (June 2003).
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