Robert Weisberg

Education and career

Weisberg was educated at the Bronx High School of Science, and received his B.A. from the City College of New York in 1966. He obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in English from Harvard University in 1967 and 1971. After graduation, he taught English at Skidmore College from 1970 to 1976. Weisberg left to attend Stanford Law School, where he received a J.D. in 1979 and was the editor-in-chief of the Stanford Law Review. He then served as a law clerk for Judge J. Skelly Wright of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, followed by Justice Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court during the 1980 Term.

In 1981, he joined the faculty at Stanford Law School, where he has won numerous teaching awards, served as special assistant to the provost for faculty recruitment and retention, and co-directs the Stanford Criminal Justice Center. Weisberg's book, Literary Criticisms of Law, was published in 2000, and he is widely quoted in the press on criminal law and criminal procedure. He also co-authors a criminal law casebook.

References

Selected publications

References

1. "Robert Weisberg {{!}} Stanford Law School". Stanford Law School.
2. (June 9, 2017). "Derick Almena's lawyer: Ghost Ship leader is being scapegoated". Mercury News.
3. Xu, Qi. (October 16, 2015). "Law school to offer rape law course". Yale Daily News.
4. (June 13, 2017). "Contra Costa DA faces rare jury trial that could end in his ouster". San Francisco Chronicle.
5. "Entry for Robert Weinberg". California Bar Association.
6. (May 19, 1999). "'Academic vagabond' finds little difference in teaching literature, law". Stanford Report.
7. (1992). "Faculty Bios-Robert Weisberg". Stanford Law School Bulletin, 1992.
8. (May 31, 2016). "Faculty News: Weisberg Appointed to the California Judicial Council's Advisory Committee". Stanford University Faculty News.
9. (August 20, 2008). "Study shows hiring of dual-career academic couples is on the rise". Stanford News.
10. (December 9, 2014). "Grand jury system flawed in Ferguson case but still valuable for investigations, Stanford law professor says". Stanford News.
11. (May 22, 1983). "The Trouble With America's Law Schools". New York Times.
12. "Robert Weisberg, JD, PhD Biography". ProCon.org.
13. (2000). "Literary Criticisms of Law". Princeton University Press.
14. (2000). "What Has Modern Literary Theory to Offer Law? (reviewing Guyora Binder & Robert Weisberg, Literary Criticisms of Law (2000))". Chicago Unbound.
15. (October 19, 2004). "Book Review, Guyora Binder and Robert Weisberg, Literary Criticisms of Law". SSRN.
16. (July 3, 2015). "Marshall - Quotes of the Week". San Francisco Chronicle.
17. (November 18, 2007). "Studies spark new execution debate". Boston.com.
18. (September 14, 2004). "Figure accused in GOP eavesdropping sues over probe". Boston.com.
19. (2016). "Criminal Law: Cases and Materials". [[Wolters Kluwer]] Law & Business, Aspen Casebook Series.