Mark Stavsky
Professor of Law
"Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man [or woman]. There will still be business enough." Abraham Lincoln
Contact
- Office: NH520
- Email: stavsky@nku.edu
- Phone: 859.572.5392
- Fax: 859.572.5342
Education
- BA Literature, Northwestern University
- JD, DePaul University College of Law
- LLM Criminal Justice, New York University
Courses Taught
- Advanced Criminal Procedure
- Criminal Procedure
- Evidence
- Kentucky Innocence Project
- Second Chance Litigation
- White Collar Crime
Profile
Professor Stavsky received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University, a Juris Doctor from DePaul University School of Law and a Master of Laws degree from New York University. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar and is a member of the board of directors for the Prisoner Rights Advocacy Center. Stavsky teaches Evidence, Civil and Criminal Procedure, Trial Advocacy, and Comparative Law. In recent years, he has taught classes on the American legal system at the Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, and the Kagawa University in Japan. Stavsky is particularly interested in Asian legal systems and their development.
Latest Publications
No Guns or Butter for Thomas Bean: Firearms Disabilities and their Occupational Consequences, 30 Fordham Urb. L. J. 1 (2003)
Manufacturers' Criminal Liability, in FRUMER AND FRIEDMAN'S PRODUCTS LIABILITY (2002)
One Down and One to Go: Supreme Court Clarifies PLRA's Exhaustion Requirements, 8 Corr. L. Rep. 76 (2002) (co-authored with Adam C. Todd)
The Journey to Miranda and Beyond: The Development of the Constitutional Right to Counsel During Interrogation, __ Senshu U. L. Rev. __ (1998)
Some Issues Regarding the Right to Counsel in the United States, 26 Hitotsubashi Journal of Law and Politics 19 (1998)