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Posted on: April 22, 2009; In: Faculty Experts, Law

Associate Dean & Professor of Law

Areas of Expertise

Criminal law, criminal procedure, trial advocacy, sentencing, mindfulness training & legal education, domestic violence policy, Justice Scalia’s jurisprudence, Innocence Project

Education

J.D., Harvard Law School 1986

Contact

401-254-4614
dzlotnick@law.rwu.edu

Recent Research

Federal sentencing law, republican appointed federal judges and sentencing law, integrating mindfulness into trial advocacy

Significant Publications

The Future of Federal Sentencing Policy: Learning Lessons from Republican Judicial Appointees in the Guidelines Era, 79 U. Colo. L. Rev 1 (Winter 2008).

The War Within the War on Crime: The Congressional Assault on Judicial Sentencing Discretion, 57 SMU Law Review 211 (2004).

The Buddha’s Parable & Legal Rhetoric, 58 washington & Lee law review 957 (2001).

Justice Scalia & His Critics: An Exploration of Justice Scalia’s Fidelity to His Constitutional Methodology, 48 emory law journal 101 (1999).

Battered Women & Justice Scalia, 41 arizona law review 847 (1999).

Empowering the Battered Woman: The Use of Criminal Contempt Sanctions to Enforce Civil Protection Orders, 56 Ohio State Law Journal 1153 (1995).

Essay: Sentencing Rhetoric in the Post-Booker Era, 11 Roger Williams Law Review 449 (2006).

Essay: Shouting into the Wind: District Court Judges and Federal Sentencing Policy, 9 Roger williams university law review 645 (2004).

Touch This: The Over-Criminalization of Offensive Conduct, 50 Rhode Island Bar Journal 5 (co-authored) (Jan./Feb. 2002).