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Ralph Ruebner came to John Marshall with 12 years of experience as an appellate litigator, heading the Elgin and Chicago offices of the State Appellate Defender and representing indigent criminal defendants at all levels of appellate review. He has represented victims of government abuse in a number of countries, including the former Soviet Union and Peru.
Dean Ruebner has published articles and presented papers at various international conferences on human rights topics, and has testified before Congress on human rights conditions in Peru. From 2001-2003, he served as legal director of the Law Consortium for Palestinian Legal Education, a Rule of Law Project of U.S. A.I.D. In that capacity, he also visited Palestinian law schools in the West Bank.
He has drafted legislation in Illinois, making it the first state to criminalize international terrorism. He is the author of Illinois Criminal Trial Evidence and Illinois Criminal Procedure, and co-author of Illinois Decisions on Search and Seizure. Dean Ruebner has served as a faculty member of the National Academy for Judicial Education and as a reporter of judicial conferences in Illinois.
Dean Ruebner joined the faculty in 1981. He founded John Marshall's Criminal Justice Clinic and served as its director for four years, served as Moot Court director for 16 years, and was the law school's Centennial Planning Committee chairperson. He was named associate dean for academic affairs in 2007. He teaches Criminal Procedure, Evidence, and International Human Rights.
Full Curriculum Vitae
Publications
Books
Illinois Decisions on Search and Seizure (with Professor John F. Decker), (Supp.), Illinois State Bar Association (2007).
Illinois Decisions on Search and Seizure, (with Professor John F. Decker), Illinois State Bar Association (2005).
Illinois Criminal Trial Evidence (Michie, 1986), Second Edition (1992), Third Edition (Law Bulletin Publishing Co., 1997), Fourth Edition (2001) and Cumulative Supplement (2008).
Editor and author, Illinois Criminal Procedure (Butterworths, 1987); Second Edition (Michie, 1994); Third Edition (LexisNexis, 1999); Fourth Edition (LexisNexis December, 2004); Cumulative Supplement, 2008.
Illinois Evidence in Criminal Cases, chapter 8, Illinois Criminal Practice (with Robert E. Davison) (I.I.C.L.E., 1984).
Alternatives to a Prison Sentence, chapter 6, Illinois Sentencing (I.I.C.L.E., 1982).
Articles
Giles v. California: Sixth Amendment Confrontation Right, Forfeiture by Wrongdoing and a Misguided Departure From the Common Law and the Constitution (with Eugene Goryunov) __ U. Tol. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2009), http://ssrn.com/abstract=1268569.
Loss of Sixth Amendment Confrontation Rights: Forfeiture Triggered by Voluntary Wrongful Conduct (with Eugene Goryunov) (March 10, 2008), http://ssrn.com/abstract=1104720.
A Proposal to Amend Rule 407 of the Federal Rules of Evidence to Conform With the Underlying Relevancy Rationale for the Rule in Negligence and Strict Liability Actions (with Eugene Goryunov), 3 Seton Hall Cir. Rev. 435 (2007), http://ssrn.com/abstract=1022606.
Judicial Review, Democracy and the War on Terrorism (with Voorn and Gray), 2 F. P. Pol'y. 595 (2006).
The Evolving Nature of the Crime of Genocide, 38 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1227 (2005), http://ssrn.com/abstract=1022609.
Crawford v. Washington, The Confrontation Clause and Hearsay: A New Paradigm for Illinois Evidence Law, (with Tim Scahill) 36 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 703 (2005), http://ssrn.com/abstract=1022611.
Hippocrates to HIPPA: A Foundation for a Federal Physician-Patient Privilege (with Leslie Ann Reis), 77 Temp.L.Rev. 505 (Fall, 2004), http://ssrn.com/abstract=1022614.
Co-Author (John Marshall International Human Rights Seminar students), The War on Terrorism: Peru's Past and Present, A Legal Analysis, http://www/jmls.edu/pdf/perureport.pdf (August, 2004, 124 pages).
Democracy, Judicial Review and the Rule of Law in the Age of Terrorism: The Experience of Israel - A Comparative Perspective, 31 Ga. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 493 (Spring, 2003), http://ssrn.com/abstract=1022615.
The Finality of Judgment and Sentence Prerequisite in the United States - Peru Bilateral Prisoner Transfer Treaty: Calling Congress and the President to Reform and Justifying Jurisdiction of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission and Court (with Lisa Carroll) 15 Am. U. Int'l L. Rev. 1071 (2000), http://ssrn.com/abstract=1022617.
Combating International Terrorism While Protecting Constitutional Rights: An Analysis of the Illinois International Terrorism Act (with Jeffrey Weill and Lisa Carroll), 14 World Bulletin 37 (1998).
Co-author (various law professors and attorneys), Analysis of the Draft Criminal Procedure Code for the Republic of Georgia (A.B.A. CEELI, 1997).
Shaking the Foundation of Gideon: A Critique of Nichols in Overruling Baldasar v. Illinois (with Jennifer Berner and Anne Herbert), 25 Hofstra Law Review 101 (1997).
Co-author (various law professors and attorneys), Analysis of the Draft Law on Advocacy for the Republic of Uzbekistan (A.B.A. CEELI, 1996).
Why Not Make All Traffic Convictions Inadmissible in Civil Cases? (with Anne Herbert), 83 Ill.Bar J. 226 (1995) .
Police Interrogation: The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination, the Right to Counsel, and the Incomplete Metamorphosis of Justice White, 48 Univ. of Miami Law Review 511 (1994).
Religion and the Law in the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltic Nations (with Carolyn Eckert Gasey, Mary Martin), 4 Touro J. Transnat'l. L. 103 (1993).
Public Demonstrations and the Rule of Law in the Age of Glasnost and Perestroika, 5 Am. U.J. Int'l. L. & Pol'y. 13 (1989). (Noted "worth reading", The National Law Journal, April 2, 1990).
Criminal Procedure Survey (with Robert E. Davison), 13 S. Ill. L.J. 511 (1989).
Automobile Stops and Searches, 19 Loy. L.J. 1045 (1988).
The Maturation of Illinois Supervision As An Alternative To Sentencing, 30 Decalogue Journal 27 (1984).
International Conferences: Papers/Lectures
"Democracy and Judicial Review in the Age of Terrorism", Oxford University Round Table, Criminal Law (Pembroke College, Oxford, England 2006)
"Genocide - Our Understanding Then and Now", Conference: World War II and Its Impact on the Law 60 Years After (Fulbright, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, The Posen Research Forum, University of Haifa Faculty of Law, Israel 2005).
"Democracy versus Terrorism: Where Are the Limits? The Nature of Judicial Review" (Adenauer Foundation of Germany, Haifa University Law Faculty, Israel 2002)
Conference on the Human Dimension, Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Parallel Activities), "Religion and the Law in the CIS and the Baltic States." (Helsinki, 1992)
Conference on the Human Dimension, Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Parallel Activities), "Religion and the Law in the U.S.S.R." (Copenhagen, 1990)
International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights Conference, "Religion and the Law in the U.S.S.R." and "On the Right to Leave One's Country Under International Law and Soviet Law and Practice and the 'Poor Relatives' Emigration Restriction." (Moscow, 1990)
The Sakharov Foundation International Human Rights Conference, "Public Demonstrations and the Rule of Law in the U.S.S.R." (Moscow, 1989)
International Religious Liberty Conference, "International Law and Religious Liberty Advocacy." (London, 1985)
Other Presentations
2008 Winter conference of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, "Is Intent an Element of Forfeiture of Confrontation Rights Analysis Under the Sixth Amendment?"
2007 Spring C.L.E. Program for the Decalogue Society of Lawyers, Evidence Law Developments (also produced written materials)
2006 Winter Conference of the Illinois State's Attorneys Association, Evidence Law (Also produced written materials)
2004 Law Bulletin Illinois Evidence Conference (Chicago, July 14, 2004) (Also produced written materials)
2003 American Academy of Judicial Education Constitutional Criminal and Procedure Conference (Monterey, California) (Also produced written materials)
1999 American Academy of Judicial Education Criminal Trial Skills Conference (San Juan, Puerto Rico) (Also produced written materials on judicial ethics, criminal procedure, and evidence)
2000, 1999, 1998, and 1997 Illinois Judicial Conference Seminar for New Judges (prepared written materials with Professor Timothy O'Neill), "Arrests, Searches, and Seizures"
1996 American Academy of Judicial Education Harvard Law School Civil Evidence Workshop (Also produced written materials)
1995 American Academy of Judicial Education Criminal Trial Skills Workshop (Moran, Wyoming) (Also produced written materials)
1994 Illinois Judicial Conference, Criminal Law Regional Seminars (June/September): Issues Arising Under the 4th, 5th, 6th Amendments. (Also produced written materials and a videotape)
1992 Illinois Judicial Conference, Criminal Law Committee: Automobile and Home Searches (Also produced written materials)
1992 Associate Judges' Seminar, Criminal Law Committee: Search and Seizure Law (Also produced written materials)
1991 American Academy of Judicial Education Criminal Trial Skills Workshop (Key West, Florida) (Also produced written materials and a 120 minute videotape)
1991 Illinois Judicial Conference, Criminal Law Committee: Issues in Illinois Capital Cases. (Also produced written materials)
1990 Associate Judges' Seminar, Criminal Law Committee: Search and Seizure Law. (Also produced written materials)
1989 Illinois Judicial Conference, Criminal Law Committee: Fourth Amendment Litigation. (Also produced written materials)
1988 Illinois Judicial Conference, Criminal Law Committee: Attorney Misconduct. (Also produced written materials)
1987 Associate Judges' Seminar, Criminal Law Committee: Automobile Stops and Searches. (Also produced written materials)
Professional Associations:
The Chicago Bar Association
The American Bar Association
The Decalogue Society of Lawyers
Second Vice-President (1988-89)
Financial Secretary (1991-92)
Director, Board of Managers (present)
The Decalogue Foundation
Director (since 1989)
The National Interreligious Task Force for Human Rights (1991-1995)
Co-Director (1991-1995)
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