Richard Leo

Telephone: (415) 422-6513
Facsimile: (415) 422-2345
E-mail: rleo@usfca.edu

Publications and Presentations | CV

Education:
J.D., UC Berkeley
Ph.D., UC Berkeley
M.A., University of Chicago
A.B., UC Berkeley

Prior Employment:
Associate Professor, UC Irvine
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado

Biographical Note:
Professor Leo has served as a consultant on numerous criminal and civil cases, and he has testified as an expert witness many times in state, federal and military courts. He regularly lectures to criminal defense attorneys, judges, prosecutors, forensic psychologists and other criminal justice professionals. He is the recipient of The Ruth Shonle Cavan Award from the American Society of Criminology, the Saleem Shah Career Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association, and a Soros Senior Justice Fellowship from the Open Society Institute.

Courses:
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
Wrongful Convictions Seminar