David N. Yellen
Dean and Professor of Law
David Yellen has been Dean and Professor of Law since July 2005. From 1988-2004, he was on the faculty of Hofstra Law School, holding the Max Schmertz Distinguished Professorship, and serving as Dean from 2001-2004. During the 2004-2005 year, he was the Reuschlein Distinguished Visiting Professor at Villanova University School of Law. He has also taught at Cornell Law School and New York Law School.
Dean Yellen's major area of academic expertise is criminal law, particularly sentencing and juvenile justice. He has written widely about the federal sentencing guidelines, testified before the United States Sentencing Commission, advised President Clinton's transition team and argued a case before the United States Supreme Court.
Before beginning his academic career, Dean Yellen clerked for a federal judge, practiced law in Washington, D.C., and served as counsel to the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Education
B.A., magna cum laude, Princeton, 1979
J.D., cum laude, Cornell, 1984 |
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Loyola University Chicago
School of Law
25 E. Pearson Street
Room 1475
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (312) 915-7838
Fax:(312) 915-6911
Email:dyellen@luc.edu
Fall 2008 Teaching Schedule |
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Publications
Books
Federal Sentencing and Practice (West, 2002) (with T. Hutchison et al.)
Articles
Reforming the Federal Sentencing Guidelines' Misguided Approach to Real-Offense Sentencing, 58 Stanford L. Rev. 267 (2005)
Saving Federal Sentencing Reform After Apprendi, Blakely and Booker, 50 Vill. L. Rev. 163 (2005)
The Enduring Difference of Youth, 47 Kansas L. Rev. 995 (1999)
"Thinking Like a Lawyer" or Acting Like a Judge? A Response to Professor Simon, 27 Hofstra L. Rev. 13 (1998)
Just Deserts and Lenient Prosecutors, 91 Northwestern Univ. L. Rev. 1434 (1997)
What Juvenile Court Abolitionists Can Learn From the Failures of Sentencing Reform, 1996 Wisc. L. Rev. 557
Illusion, Illogic and Injustice: Real Offense Sentencing and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, 78 Minn. L. Rev. 403 (1993)
Two Cheers for "A Tale of Three Cities," 66 S. Cal. L. Rev. 567 (1992)
Coordinating Sanctions for Corporate Misconduct: Civil or Criminal Punishment, 29 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 961 (1992) (with C. Mayer)
The Bottom Line Defense in Title VII Actions: Supreme Court Rejection in Connecticut v. Teal and a Modified Approach, 68 Cornell L. Rev. 735 (1983)
Professional Activities
American Bar Association Section on Legal Education, Member, Standards Review Committee
Constitutional Rights Foundation of Chicago, Member, Board of Directors
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