Steven Lubet

Steven Lubet
Born	United States
Academic work
Institutions	Northwestern University

Steven Lubet is a legal scholar and author. Lubet is the Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Memorial Professor of Law at Northwestern University.

Lubet is noted for his commentary on controversial issues, such as the appointment of scholar Steven Salaita at the University of Illinois,^[1] and the controversy over the legal status of Alice Goffman's research methods in her widely acclaimed book, On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City.^[2]

Lubet is a former juvenile and criminal defense lawyer, and former legal services lawyer.^[3]

Books

• Fugitive Justice: Runaways, Rescuers, and Slavery on Trial (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010).
• John Brown’s Spy: The Adventurous Life and Tragic Confession of John E. Cook (Yale University Press, 2012).
• Lawyers' Poker: 52 Lessons That Lawyers Can Learn From Card Players (Oxford University Press, 2006).
• Modern Trial Advocacy: Analysis and Practice (NITA, 2010).
• Murder in Tombstone: The Forgotten Trial of Wyatt Earp (Yale University Press, 2004).
• Nothing But the Truth: Why Trial Lawyers Don't, Can't, and Shouldn't Have to Tell the Whole Truth (New York University Press, 2001).

References

1. Lubet, Steven (14 August 2014). "Professor's tweets about Israel crossed the line". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
2. Lubet, Steven (27 May 2015). "Did This Acclaimed Sociologist Drive the Getaway Car in a Murder Plot?". The New Republic. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
3. Schuessler, Jennifer (5 June 2015). "Alice Goffman’s Heralded Book on Crime Is Disputed". New York Times. Retrieved 12 June 2015.