Norman M. Garland

Norman M. Garland is professor of Law at Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles where he teaches Evidence, Criminal Procedure, Advanced Criminal Procedure, and Trial Advocacy. He received his B.S.B.A. and J.D. from Northwestern University and his L.L.M. from Georgetown Law Center where he was an E. Barrett Prettyman Fellow in Trial Advocacy. Professor Garland is a member of the Illinois, District of Columbia, and California Bars. He has 10 years of trial experience as a criminal defense attorney, mainly in federal felony cases. In 1968 he joined the Law Faculty at Northwestern University where he helped establish the Northwestern Legal Clinic. He joined the faculty of Southwestern University School of Law in 1975 to help establish the Southwestern Approach to Conceptual Legal Education (S.C.A.L.E.). In the mid-1980s, he spent two summers as Deputy District Attorney in Ventura County, California, where he gained experience as a prosecutor. He is coauthor of Exculpatory Evidence, 3d ed. (Lexis-Nexis, 2004), coauthor of Advanced Criminal Procedure, 2d ed. (West Nutshell 2006), author of Criminal Law for the Law Enforcement Professional, 2d ed. (McGraw-Hill 2008), and Criminal Evidence, 6th ed. (McGraw-Hill 2010). Professor Garland has published a number of CALI Lessons in criminal law and evidence (www.cali.org) and has published numerous articles in legal journals.