Alan C. Michaels

Dean and Edwin M. Cooperman Professor of Law

On Friday, Nov. 7, 2008, The Ohio State University Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Professor Alan C. Michaels as dean of The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

Following graduation, Professor Michaels clerked for Chief Judge Wilfred Feinberg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and then Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Professor Michaels spent three years in private practice representing the Major League Baseball Players Association and then served for four years as a prosecutor in New York County before joining Ohio State in 1995. From 2001 to 2003, he served Moritz as Associate Dean for Faculty and has also been a Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan.

Professor Michaels’ research, primarily in the area of the mens rea of crimes and in the adjudicatory portion of criminal procedure, has been published in a variety of leading journals, including the Columbia Law Review, the Harvard Law Review and the Southern California Law Review.

He is coauthor with Professor Joshua Dressler of Understanding Criminal Procedure (4th edition) and serves as co-Managing Editor of the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law. Professor Michaels was the recipient of the 1998-99 Outstanding Scholarly Paper Award from the Association of American Law Schools.

Professor Michaels regularly teaches Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure: Adjudication, White Collar Crime, and Sports Law. He was chosen as the Outstanding Professor by the graduating class in both 1999 and 2000.

Professor Michaels' Podcasts

Synder v. Louisiana Preview

Issues: Jury Selection; Racial Discrimination: Batson standard
Podcast Series: U.S. Supreme Court
Date: Dec. 3, 2007

U.S. v. Santos preview

Issues: Money laundering; criminal penalties
Podcast Series: U.S. Supreme Court
Date: Oct. 2, 2007

Panetti v. Quarterman

Issues: Capital Punishment, Mental Illness, Competence
Podcast Series: U.S. Supreme Court
Date: June 28, 2007

Wilkie, Charles, et al. v. Robbins, Harvey

Issues: Racketeering
Podcast Series: U.S. Supreme Court
Date: June 28, 2007