CURRICULUM VITAE
OF
JOHN M. BURKOFF 
EDUCATION | TEACHING | ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION | AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, ETC. | MEMBER | COMMUNITY AND CONSULTANT ACTIVITIES | LEGAL POSITIONS | LITIGATION | PUBLICATIONS  

EDUCATION

Harvard University, LL.M. (Constitutional Doctrine), 1976
Thesis Advisor: Archibald Cox

University of Michigan Law School, J.D. 1973
Cum Laude
American Jurisprudence Award in Conflict of Law

University of Michigan, A.B. (Political Science), 1970
Cum Laude

HONORS

NON-DEGREE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TEACHING

  PROFESSOR OF LAW, 1982-

  ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW, 1979-1982

  ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW, 1976-1979

      UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH LAW SCHOOL

  VISITING PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, Fall 1996

    SEMESTER AT SEA, INSTITUTE FOR SHIPBOARD EDUCATION
(Vancouver, Kobe, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City, Pnomh Penh, Madras, Port      Said, Haifa, Istanbul, Piraeus, Casablanca, Port Everglades)
 

  VISITING PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE & SOCIOLOGY, Spring 1990

    SEMESTER AT SEA, INSTITUTE FOR SHIPBOARD EDUCATION
(Nassau, Casablanca, Dubrovnik, Odessa, Istanbul, Port Said, Madras, Penang, Hong Kong, Taipei, Kobe, Seattle)
 

  VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW, Summer 1977

      WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL

  ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR OF LAW, 1975-1976

      BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL

  VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW, Summer 1975

       WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL

  ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR OF LAW, 1974-1975

       WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL

  TEACHING FELLOW, 1972-1973

       UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Pilot Program and School of Literature, Science and the       Arts
 

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION

ACADEMIC DEAN (Fall 1996 Voyage)

     SEMESTER AT SEA, INSTITUTE FOR SHIPBOARD EDUCATION
(Vancouver, Kobe, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City, Pnomh Penh, Madras, Port Said, Haifa, Istanbul, Piraeus, Casablanca, Port Everglades)

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES AT UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH LAW SCHOOL

FACULTY STEERING COMMITTEE, 1997-1998, 1986-1987, 1985-1986 (Chairman), 1983-1984 (Chairman), 1982-1983, 1979-1980

DEAN SEARCH COMMITTEE (Elected Faculty Representative), 1992-1993, 1983-1984

CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE, 1994-1995, 1993-1994

APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE, 1997-1998, 1982-1983 (Chairman), 1978-1979 (Chairman), 1977-1978

AD HOC COMMITTEE ON TEACHING, 1995-1996 (Chairman)

AD HOC COMMITTEE ON CLINICS, 1989-1990

AD HOC COMMITTEE ON SPECIAL ADMISSIONS, 1982

LEGAL WRITING COMMITTEE, 1993-1994 (Chairman)

BUDGET COMMITTEE, 1989-1990

COLLOQUIUM COMMITTEE, 1993-1994, 1981-1982

PLACEMENT COMMITTEE, 1997, 1995-1996, 1981-1982 (Chairman), 1980-1981

ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE, 1991-1992 (Chairman), 1990-1991, 1988-1989 (Chairman), 1986-1987, 1985-1986 (Chairman), 1984-1985, 1980-1981 (Chairman), 1979-1980

LIBRARY COMMITTEE, 1983-1984, 1976-1977

JUDICIAL HONOR BOARD, 1997, 1993-1994, 1983-1984 (Chairman)

CURRICULUM COMMITTEE, 1997
 

FACULTY ADVISOR:

PITT LAW CHRONICLE, 1985-1991

POLSKY CRIMINAL PROCEDURE MOOT COURT TEAM, 1983-1986

PITT LAW FILM SOCIETY, 1984-1985

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, 1988-1990; 1982-1983

LAW REVIEW, 1978-1981

LAW & ARTS SOCIETY, 1980-1981

NATIONAL MOOT COURT TEAM, 1977-1978

LEGAL ASSISTANCE (PRISON) PROGRAM, 1977-1978
 

AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, ETC.

�  Awarded Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Pittsburgh, 1987.

�  Nominated by University of Pittsburgh for Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Professor of the Year Award, 1987.

�  Named Fulbright Scholar, Indo-American Subcommission Fellowship, 1983 (declined award due to research restrictions placed by Government of India).

�  Received "Certificate of Appreciation," Kiwanis Club, Pittsburgh, November, 1980.

�  Named "Honorary Chief of Police" by City of Louisville Police Department; Presented with "Key to the City" by Mayor of Louisville, October 1980.

�  Awarded Ford Foundation Fellowship, East Asian Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School, June 1976.

�  Recognized in: Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in American Society; Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America; Who's Who in American Education; Who's Who in the East; International Directory of Distinguished Leadership.

�  Martindale-Hubbell highest lawyer rating: "a v".
 

MEMBER

�  Bars: United States Supreme Court; Pennsylvania; Michigan; U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

�  Chairperson 1980, Chairperson-Elect 1979, Executive Council 1977, 1978, 1981 & 1982, Criminal Justice Section, Association of American Law Schools

�  American Bar Association

�  Pennsylvania Bar Association

�  Allegheny County Bar Association

�  Association of Trial Lawyers in Criminal Court in Allegheny County

�  National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

�  United States Supreme Court Historical Society

�  Pennsylvania Supreme Court Historical Society

�  American Judicature Society

�  American Civil Liberties Union
 

COMMUNITY AND CONSULTANT ACTIVITIES

�  Board Member, Pittsburgh Citizens Police Review Board, 1997-

�  Editorial Consultant, The Foundation Press, Inc., 1997

�  Chairperson, Updating Task Force, Third Edition, Special Functions of the Urban Trial Judge, Criminal Justice Standards, Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Association, 1997-

�  Legal Chair, Kentucky Emerson (neighborhood) Coalition, 1997-

�  Lecturer, BAR/BRI Pennsylvania Bar Review (Legal Ethics), 1996-

�  Member, Public Defender Selection Committee, Allegheny County, 1996

�  Member, Allegheny County Legal Services Transition Team, 1996

�  Consultant, Draft Penal Code, Kyrgyztan, Central and East European Law Initiative, American Bar Association, 1995

�  Consultant and Lecturer, African Law Initiative, American Bar Association, Moi University and University of Nairobi Law Schools, Kenya, 1995

�  Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Judicial Campaign Advertising Advisory Board, 1995-

�  Member, Criminal Justice Standards Committee, Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Association, 1995-1997

�  Consultant, Draft Law on Prosecution, Republic of Latvia, Central and East European Law Initiative, American Bar Association, 1994

�  Member, Task Force on Ethiopian War Crimes, International Law Section, American Bar Association (Consultant to Special Prosecutor's Office, Addis Ababa), 1993-1994

�  Member, University of Pittsburgh, Semester at Sea Academic Advisory Committee, 1992-1995

�  Consultant, Draft Criminal Code, Republic of Kazakhstan, Central and East European Law Initiative, American Bar Association, 1992

�  Consultant, United States State Department, Bureau of Human Rights, Human Rights Project, Judicial System Study, United States Embassy, Bujumbura, Burundi, 1991

�  Faculty Member, Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges, Mid-Year Judicial Education Conference, 1997, 1995, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984

�  Faculty Member, Pennsylvania Supreme Court New Judges Training Program, Criminal Law, 1996, 1992, 1990, 1988, 1985

�  Chairperson, Senate Elections Committee, University of Pittsburgh, 1991-1993

�  Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Amicus Curiae Brief Committee, 1991- , (Chairperson, 1994-1995)

�  Member, University of Pittsburgh Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee, 1991, 1989

�  Consultant (Criminal Law Series), Clark Boardman Callaghan (publishers), 1990-1996

�  Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association Disciplinary Board Study Committee, 1989-1991

�  Reporter, Third Edition, Prosecution Function and Defense Function Standards, Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Association, 1988-1993

�  Member, Allegheny County Bar Association Council on Professionalism, 1988- , (Chairperson, 1994-1995; Acting Chairperson, 1993-1994; Vice-Chairperson, 1991-1993)

�  Member, Pittsburgh Black/Jewish Dialogue, 1987-1989

�  Member, Ethical Considerations Committee, Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Association, 1987-1990

�  Co-Director, Allegheny County Bar Association Oral History Project ("Profiles in Professionalism"), 1989-1991

�  Member, Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force, Legal Committee, 1988-1990

�  Chairman, University of Pittsburgh Parking Board of Appeals, 1987-1991

�  Chairman, Greater Pittsburgh ACLU Ad Hoc Ethics Committee, 1987

�  Member, Community Relations Committee, United Jewish Federation, 1987-1991

�  National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, 1985-

�  Contributing Editor, Michigan State Bar Examination, 1982-1996

�  Lawyer Member, Institutional Review Board for Biomedical Research, University of Pittsburgh, 1979-1982; Alternate Member, 1982-1986

�  Vice President, Board of Directors, Public Interest Law Group of Western Pennsylvania, 1986-1987

�  Consultant, "Visions of the Constitution," WQED-TV (series on the Constitution aired on PBS in 1987), 1985-1986

�  Counsel, "Cartoon-Aid" Project, Relief Effort for USA for Africa, 1985

�  Member, Pittsburgh Press Steelers Fans Panel, 1985-1986

�  National Advisory Board, Democratic Presidential Campaign, 1983-1984

�  Consultant, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Justice (Probable Cause Project), 1980-1984

�  Contributing Editor, Pittsburgh Magazine, 1982-1983

�  Director, Board of Directors, Persad Center, Inc. (mental health center), Pittsburgh, 1980-1983

�  Counsel, People's Oakland (community group), 1981

�  Elected Delegate, 1980 Democratic National Convention

�  Counsel, Democratic Presidential Campaign (Pennsylvania), 1980

�  Director, Board of Directors, House of the Crossroads (residential drug rehabilitation program), Pittsburgh, 1979-1981

�  Counsel, Michigan Physician's Crisis Committee, 1978-1981

�  Amnesty International Urgent Action Network, 1976-1983
 

LEGAL POSITIONS

  Of Counsel, Marcus & Shapira, LLP Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1979, 1986-

  Legal Staff (consultant), Justice Ralph J. Cappy Pennsylvania Supreme Court 1990-1994

  Law Clerk, Justice G. Mennen Williams, Michigan Supreme Court 1973 - 1975

  Law Clerk, Environmental Law Division, Ohio Attorney General's Office 1972
 

LITIGATION

Counsel, amicus counsel, and consulting counsel in numerous criminal and civil (plaintiff and defense) matters at the administrative, trial, and appellate court levels. Expert witness in numerous matters relating to legal ethics.
 

PUBLICATIONS

   Books

CRIMINAL LAW: CASES & MATERIALS, PROBLEMS & EXERCISES (West Publishing Co.) (forthcoming 2001) (with R. Weaver and C. Hancock).

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: CASES & MATERIALS, PROBLEMS & EXERCISES (West Publishing Co.) (forthcoming 1999) (with R. Weaver, L. Abramson, R. Bacigal, C. Hancock, and D. Lively).

READINGS IN CRIMINAL LAW (Anderson Publishing Co.) (forthcoming 1998) (with C. Hancock, R. Weaver, A. Reed, and P. Seago).

CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND DEFENSES IN PENNSYLVANIA (3d edition) (Harrison & Co.) (1995)(and 1996 and 1997 Pocket Part Supplements).

INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL (Clark Boardman Callaghan) (1993) (and Supplementary Releases #1, #2, #3, and #4) (with H. Hudson).

CRIMINAL DEFENSE ETHICS: LAW AND LIABILITY (Revised edition) (Clark Boardman Callaghan) (1991) (and Supplementary Releases #1, #2, #3, #4, and #5)(Release #6 forthcoming).

CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND DEFENSES IN PENNSYLVANIA (2d edition) (Harrison & Co.) (1989) (and 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994 Pocket Part Supplements).

SEARCH WARRANT LAW DESKBOOK (Clark Boardman Callaghan) (1987) (and Supplementary Releases #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, and #19)(Release #20 forthcoming).

CRIMINAL DEFENSE ETHICS: LAW AND LIABILITY (Clark Boardman Callaghan) (1986) (and Supplementary Releases #1, #2, #3, and #4).

CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND DEFENSES IN PENNSYLVANIA (Harrison & Co.) (1984) (and 1987 and 1988 Pocket Part Supplements).
 

  Newsletters

Co-ordinating Editor, Criminal Practice Law Report (monthly) (Clark Boardman Callaghan) (January 1993-present).

Co-ordinating Editor, Search and Seizure Law Report (monthly) (Clark Boardman Callaghan) (May 1989-present).
 

  Book Chapters

"Exclusionary Rules," in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POLICE SCIENCE 262 (ed. W. Bailey) (Garland Publishing Inc.) (2d ed. 1995).

Commentary, "Government," in TRADE & COMMERCIAL LAWS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: OFFICIAL CODIFICATION & COMMENTARY 1 (Oceana Publications, Inc. 1993).

"Exclusionary Rules," in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POLICE SCIENCE 177 (ed. W. Bailey) (Garland Publishing Inc.) (1989).

"Suppression of Illegally Obtained Evidence: Pretext Searches," in 4 CRIMINAL DEFENSE TECHNIQUES 83-1 (Matthew Bender & Co.) (1985).

"Exclusionary Rules," in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CRIME AND JUSTICE (ed. S. Kadish) (MacMillan/Free Press) (1983).

"Human Rights in the United States of America," in LAW IN ACTION 1001 (ed. P. Latimer) (CCH Australia, Ltd.) (1982).

"Suppression of Illegally Obtained Evidence: Private Searches," in 4 CRIMINAL DEFENSE TECHNIQUES 80-1 (Matthew Bender & Co.) (1982).
 

  Law Review & Professional Journal Articles

"If God Wanted Lawyers to Fly, She Would Have Given Them Wings: Life, Lust & Legal Ethics in Body Heat," 21 Oklahoma City University Law Review 187 (1997).

"Criminal Defense Counsel & Their Clients: Who Decides What?" 4 Criminal Practice Law Report 81 (1996).

"Challenges to the Magisterial Issuance of Search Warrants," 23 Search and Seizure Law Report 81 (1996).

"Appellate Review of Warrantless Search Determinations: The Triumph of the 'De Novo' Standard," 23 Search and Seizure Law Report 65 (1996) (with C. Stone), reprinted in 7 Florida Criminal Practice Service (1997).

"Conflicts of Interest in Criminal Defense Representation," 3 Criminal Practice Law Report 9 (1995).

"Justice Stephen Breyer and the Fourth Amendment," 21 Search and Seizure Law Report 57 (1994) (with G. Moses).

"Establishing and Challenging Search Warrant Probable Cause," 20 Search and Seizure Law Report 169 (1993).

"Criminal Defense Malpractice: A Practitioner's Guide," 1 Criminal Practice Law Report 65 (1993).

"Law Enforcement Entries to Execute Search Warrants," 19 Search and Seizure Law Report 57 (1992).

"Prosecutorial Ethics: The Duty Not 'To Strike Foul Blows,'" 53 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 271 (1992).

"Untimely Execution of Search Warrants," 18 Search and Seizure Law Report 97 (1991).

"Search Warrant Particularity: Things to Be Seized," 17 Search and Seizure Law Report 25 (1990).

"Search Warrant Particularity: Places to Be Searched," 16 Search and Seizure Law Report 113 (1989).

"Ethics Violations and the Exclusionary Rule," 4 Criminal Justice 33 (Spring 1989).

"The Pretext Search Doctrine Returns After Never Leaving," 66 University of Detroit Law Review 362 (1989), reprinted in J. Carr (ed.), 1990 Criminal Law Review 23 (Clark Boardman Co.).

"Allocation of Decision-Making Authority," 2 Criminal Justice 25 (Fall 1987), reprinted in Training Materials, Massachusetts Public Defender's Office (1988).

"Legal Negligence: The Threat and the Reality in Criminal Cases," Trial 33 (September 1987).

"What Do You Do When Your Client Tosses the Murder Weapon On Your Desk?," The Champion 5 (December 1986).

"Search Warrant Execution: Scope and Intensity," 13 Search and Seizure Law Report 25 (1986).

"Rejoinder: Truth, Justice, and the American Way�or Professor Haddad's Hard Choices," 18 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 695 (1985), reprinted in part in Law Review Digest 25 (September/October 1986).

"Antecedent Justification For Warrantless Search and Seizure Activity," 12 Search and Seizure Law Report 165 (1985).

"The Pretext Search Doctrine: Now You See It, Now You Don't," 17 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 523 (1984).

"The Reasonable Good-Faith Exception to the Exclusionary Rule in Search Warrant Cases," 11 Search and Seizure Law Report 53 (1984).

"When Is A Search Not A 'Search?' Fourth Amendment Doublethink," 15 University of Toledo Law Review 515 (1984), reprinted in J. Carr (ed.), 1985 Criminal Law Review 3 (Clark Boardman Co.).

"Bad Faith Searches," 57 New York University Law Review 70 (1982). "Pretext Searches," 9 Search and Seizure Law Report 25 (1982).

"Not So Private Searches and the Constitution," 66 Cornell Law Review 627 (1981), reprinted in J. Carr (ed.), 1982 Criminal Law Review 103 (Clark Boardman Co.).

"Searches and Seizures by Private Police," 8 Search and Seizure Law Report 97 (1981).

"The Court that Devoured the Fourth Amendment: The Triumph of an Inconsistent Exclusionary Doctrine," 58 University of Oregon Law Review 151 (1979), reprinted in J. Carr (ed.), 1980 Criminal Law Review 3 (Clark Boardman Co.).

"Non-Investigatory Police Encounters," 13 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 681 (1978).

"The Legal Profession at the Crossroads," Trial 46 (June 1977).

"Appointment and Removal Under the Federal Constitution: The Impact of Buckley v. Valeo," 22 Wayne Law Review 1335 (1976).

"Obscenity Under the Michigan Constitution: Protected Speech?," 54 Michigan State Bar Journal 964 (1975) (co-author).

Other Articles

"The O.J. Defense: A Helpful Outline," Pittsburgh Legal Journal 1 (August 10, 1995).

"O.J. & Legal Ethics: What's in the Manila Envelope?," Pittsburgh Legal Journal 1 (July 14, 1994).

"Drug Testing and the Fourth Amendment," 3 Employment Testing Reporter 397 (May 15, 1989).

"The Supreme Court's Dangerous Drug-Testing Decisions: Catching the Good Guys," ACLU Quarterly Comments (May 1989).

"The Supreme Court and Drug Testing," Cleveland Plain Dealer p. 5-B (April 12, 1989); Los Angeles Times; Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Las Vegas Review Journal; and two dozen other daily newspapers.

"Supreme Court Bloopers and Practical Jokes: The Burger Court and the Fourth Amendment," 37 Virginia Law Weekly 1 (February 15, 1985), reprinted in Pitt Law Chronicle 4 (Spring 1985).

"Suing the ABA: A Case for Religious Discrimination," Pittsburgh Magazine 29 (January 1983).

"Writ and Wrong: A Lawyer's Conflict of Duty & Conscience," Pittsburgh Magazine 47 (Sept. 1982).

"The Insanity Defense: A Crazy System for Dealing With Crazy People," Pitt Magazine 7 (August 1982).

"Pull Over, Please: What Are Your Rights When Your Car is Stopped?" Pittsburgh Magazine 75 (July 1982).

Book Reviews

2 Legal Publishing Review 17 (January 1990) (R. Reed (ed.)), Beyond the Billable Hour: An Anthology of Alternative Billing Methods).

1 Legal Publishing Review 15 (May/June 1989) (G. Joseph, Sanctions: The Federal Law of Litigation Abuse).

37 University of Oklahoma Law Review 441 (1984) (J. Brady, Justice and Politics in People�s China: Legal Order or Continuing Revolution?).

41 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 703 (1980) (J. Wilkinson, From Brown to Bakke�The Supreme Court and School Integration: 1954-1978).

48 University of Colorado Law Review 381 (1978) (H. Schwartz, Taps, Bugs and Fooling the People).

63 American Bar Association Journal 1248 (Sept. 1977) (D. Wise, The American Police State).

22 Wayne Law Review 1009 (1976) (F. Carrington, The Victims).

53 Journal of Urban Law 135 (1975) (N. Morris, The Future of Imprisonment).

Miscellaneous

"Legal Ethics Revisited: Response," 4 Criminal Justice 2 (Summer 1989).

"Tribute to Tal Fowler: A Character With Character," 47 University of Pittsburgh Law Review vii (Spring 1986).

"The Burger Court�It Intrudes," The Nation 290 (Oct. 8, 1983).

"Bargain Barristers?," Pittsburgh Magazine 13 (March 1983).

"A Compromise of Judicial Integrity," 66 Judicature 4 (June-July 1982).

"Response to Duncan Kennedy," 33 Harvard Law Bulletin 35 (Spring 1982).

"Steagald v. United States," Police Chronicle 2 (Oct. 1981).

"Benign Ignorance of the Law Is No Protection," New York Times, p.A22, col. 3 (Oct. 13, 1981), reprinted in the Defender (New York State Defenders Association, January 1982).

"Ill-Advised [Bar Admission] Rules," 64 Judicature 200 (1980).

"Dedication�To Tom Cooley: He Likes Cheese," 41 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 667 (1980).

"United States v. Bifulco," PREVIEW (February 1980).

"The Costs of the Fourth Amendment," 62 Judicature 420 (April 1979).

Editor, Criminal Justice Examination Pool (Association of American Law Schools, 1977).
 

SPEECHES

Speaker on subjects relating to constitutional law, criminal justice, human rights, and professional ethics at numerous public, fraternal, service, educational, civic, continuing legal or judicial education, and professional functions.
 

Curriculum Vitae last updated October, 1997
 
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