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Douglas
O. Linder
B.A., J.D.
Professor
Professor
Linder
received his J.D. from Stanford Law School. His
undergraduate
education
was at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter,
Minnesota, where he
majored
in mathematics. He has been a visiting professor
of law at Indiana
University,
Hamline University, and the University of Iowa.
He has also been
honored
as a Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the
University of Tulsa Law
School.
Professor Linder teaches
Constitutional Law, The
Jury: Practice and Perspectives, Seminar in
Famous Trials,
The Quest for a Satisfying Career in Law, and
First Amendment Law. He
has also taught courses in
Administrative
Law, Communications Law, Environmental Law,
Natural Resources Law,
and
Preservation Law.
Professor Linder is a
recipient of
the Elmer P.
Pierson Teaching Award (twice, most recently
in 2003), the Daniel
L.Brenner
Faculty Publishing Award, and was selected as
a UKC Trustees
Fellow.
In 2001, Professor Linder received the title
of Elmer Powell Peer
Professor of Law.
Professor Linder has
published
numerous articles
in the fields of constitutional law, famous
trials, environmental law,
and communications law. The Famous
Trials website, the
Web's
largest and most visited collection of
original essays, images, and
primary
documents pertaining to great trials, has been
an ongoing project of
Professor
Linder's since 1996. Professor Linder
has contributed book
chapters,
participated in video projects, and presented
public speeches on the
subject
of historic trials.
Exploring
Constitutional Law and Exploring
First Amendment Law,
two other major websites of Professor Linder,
are e-casebooks designed
for use primarily by law students.
Professor Linder is
co-author of The Happy Lawyer: Making a Good
Life in
the Law, a book examining
satisfaction in the legal profession,
published in 2010
by Oxford University Press, and The Good
Lawyer: Seeking Quality in the Practice of
Law, also published by Oxford Press
(2014).
Professor Linder is a
former
member
of the Minnesota
Bar and has practiced in the areas of
environmental law and
communications
law.
Professor Linder enjoys
tennis,
curling, canoeing, hiking, and traveling. He
and his wife Cheryl have
two children,
Ann and Kari.
Links to
WEBSITES
e-mail:
linderd@umkc.edu
phone:
(816)- 235-2375
publications
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