Mo Bedi

Monu Bedi joined DePaul University College of Law as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor in 2015. Professor Bedi received his JD from Harvard Law School, where he was a senior editor for the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, his MPhil in philosophy from the University of Cambridge (King's College), and his AB, summa cum laude, from Dartmouth College. Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Bedi served as a Bruce R. Jacob Visiting Assistant Professor at Stetson Law School.

Before entering academia, Professor Bedi clerked for the Honorable Laura Taylor Swain of the Southern District of New York and served as a Navy JAG where he prosecuted sailors accused of crimes ranging from drug possession to attempted murder. He also served as an associate in the Government Enforcement group at Ropes & Gray in Boston. At DePaul, he teaches Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure.

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J.D, Harvard Law School

M.Phil. in Philosophy, Cambridge University

A.B. in Philosophy, Dartmouth College

Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA | Litigation and Government Enforcement Associate, 2007-2010

Hon. Laura Taylor Swain, U. S. District Court (S.D.N.Y.), New York, NY | Law Clerk, June 2005- June 2007

Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps, Lieutenant, Everett, WA | Prosecutor, 2001-2005

Experience

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 We Must Treat Police Officers Like Soldiers, Op Ed, Newsweek, June 9, 2020 (co-authored with Greg Everett).

Commentary: Stop not Frisk is not racist, and we need to stop saying it is, Chicago Tribune, March 2, 2020.

What Kim Fox got right in the Jussie Smollet Case, Op Ed, Crain’s Chicago Business, April 2, 2019.

The Fourth Amendment Disclosure Doctrines, 26 WILLIAM AND MARY BILL OF RIGHTS JOURNAL, 460 (2017) (invited symposium).

The Asymmetry of Crimes By and Against Police Officers, 66 DUKE LAW JOURNAL ONLINE 79 (2017).

Unraveling Unlawful Command Influence, 93 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 1401 (2016).

 Toward a Uniform Code of Police Justice, 2015 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LEGAL FORUM 13 (2016) (invited symposium).

The Curious Case ofCell Phone Location Data: Fourth Amendment Doctrine Mash-Up, 110 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 507 (2016).

Entrapped: A Reconceptualization of the Obedience to Orders Defense, 98 MINNESOTA LAW REVIEW 2103 (2014).

Social Networks, Government Surveillance, and the Fourth Amendment Mosaic Theory, 94 BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 1809 (2014).

Facebook and Interpersonal Privacy: Why the Third Party Doctrine Should not Apply, 54 BOSTON COLLEGE LAW REVIEW 1 (2013).

Contract Breaches and the Criminal/Civil Divide: An Inter-Common Law Analysis, 28 GEORGIA STATE LAW REVIEW 559 (2012).

E-Marriage and the Military, 2011 MICHIGAN STATE LAW REVIEW 1119 (invited symposium) (2011).

Excusing Behavior: Reclassifying the Federal Common Law Defenses of Duress and Necessity Relying on the Victim’s Role, 101 JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY 575 (2011).

Blame it on the Government: A Justification for the Disparate Treatment ofDepartures Based on Cultural Ties, 38 CAPITAL UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 789 (2010).

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