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Brooks R. Holland
Assistant Professor of Law
bholland@lawschool.gonzaga.edu
(509) 313-6120
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B.A., Political Science, San Francisco State University, cum laude, 1991
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J.D., Boston University School of Law, magna cum laude, 1994
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Biographical Information
After graduating law school in 1994, Professor Holland headed to New York City to become a public defender with the Legal Aid Society's Criminal Defense Division in Bronx County.
Professor Holland joined New York County Defender Services in Manhattan in 1998, where he continued practicing as a public defender and trying criminal cases. In 2003, he became Attorney in Charge of Legal Development, where in addition to his trial practice he advised office attorneys on developments in criminal law, criminal procedure and evidence, published an office law bulletin, and conducted CLE lectures.
In August 2005, Professor Holland started at Gonzaga University School of Law. He is an Assistant Professor of Law. Professor Holland continues to practice criminal law, handling criminal appeals before the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
Professor Holland sits on the Board of Directors of the ACLU of Washington State.
Teaching Areas
Publications
Articles
- Confidentiality, Candor; Zeal Under the 2006 Washington Rules of Professional Conduct, Volume 43, Gonzaga Law Review (2007)
- Review of the 2006-2007 U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Cases, August 1, 2007 edition of The National Law Journal
- The Road & Round Edmond: Steering through Primary Purposes and Crime Control Agendas, 111 Penn St. L. Rev. 293 (2007)
- Holistic Advocacy: An Important but Limited Institutional Role, 30 N.Y.U. Rev. L. Soc. Change 637 (2006)
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Review of the 2005-06 U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Cases: Important Refinements, Nat. L.J. (Aug. 2, 2006)
- Testimonial Statements under Crawford: What Makes Testimony Testimonial?, 71 Brook. L. Rev. 281 (2005)
- Using Excited Utterances to Prosecute Domestic Violence in New York: The Door Opens Wide, or Just a Crack?, 8 Cardozo Women's L.J. 171 (2002)
- Safeguarding Equal Protection Rights: The Search for an Exclusionary Rule under the Equal Protection Clause, 37 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 1107 (2000)
- Section 60.41 of the New York Criminal Procedure Law: The Sexual Assault Reform Act of 1999 Challenges Molineux and Due Process, 27 Fordham Urb. L.J. 435 (1999)
- Thornton Recasts Vehicle Searches under Belton, N.Y. L.J. (Aug. 5, 2004)
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Renewed Questions about Pretext Stops and Racial Targeting, N.Y. L.J. (Sept. 15, 2003)
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Using Medical Hearsay Evidence to Prosecute Family Child Abuse, N.Y. L.J. (Mar. 26, 2003)
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Grounds May Exist to Challenge Orders Suspending Speedy Trials in Aftermath of September Attack, co-author with Hon. Paul G. Feinman, 74 N.Y. St. B.J. 34 (2002)
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Pretext Stops and Racial Targeting Claims after People v. Robinson, N.Y. State Def. Assoc., Def. Practice Rept., at 11 (Sept.-Oct. 2002)
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Has the High Court Bought Repeat Felons a Ticket to Apprendi-Land? N.Y. L.J. (Sept. 16, 2002)
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Reviewing Issues of Domestic Violence Victims & Privilege, N.Y. L.J. (May 20, 2002)
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Juror Investigations by the Prosecution in New York, N.Y. L.J. (Dec. 14, 2000) "Buy and Bust" Rulings Threaten Judicial Independence, N.Y. L.J. (June 12, 2000)
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Supreme Court Raises Strategic Issues for Defense, N.Y. L.J. (March 30, 2000)
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Defendants in Possession Cases Face a Dilemma in Pleading Standing, N.Y. L.J. (June 30, 1999)
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High Court Improves Standing of Social Guests to Challenge Searches, N.Y. L.J. (Jan. 12, 1999)
Presentations
- Permanent Contributing Editor for CrimProf Blog. The CrimProf Blog is a dedicated criminal law web site that is part of the Law Professor Blogs Network.
- Ethical Considerations Surrounding Prosecution Plea Offers, presented with Elizabeth Cullen, Washington Defender Association (April 2008)
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