Stephen Rushin – Assistant Professor of Law, University of Alabama – February 2nd, 2016
Posted By Thomas
Stephen Rushin is an assistant professor
of law at the University of Alabama specializing in police misconduct, criminal law, criminal procedure
and privacy law.
He holds a J.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Califormia, Berkeley. While at Berkeley, Professor Rushin was a member of the California Law Review and received multiple awards for academic performance. He also holds a B.A. from the University of Texas, where he graduated with university
and departmental honors.
Professor Rushin has authored articles for the Minnesota Law Review, Boston College Law Review,
Fordham Law Review and Brooklyn Law Review, as well as several essays and book chapters. His book, “Federal Intervention in American Police Departments,” will be published by Cambridge University Press later this year.
A number of national television, radio, newspaper and online media outlets have featured his research and expertise, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, NPR, PBS Frontline, Christian Science Monitor, TIME, BBC America,
Al Jazeera America, Bloomberg Business, U.S. News and World Report, Congressional Quarterly, National Law Journal and HBO Vice.
Before joining the faculty at Alabama, Professor Rushin was a member of the faculty at the University of Illinois College of Law, where he was recognized as a “Teacher Ranked as Excellent.”