Faculty
Deborah TuerkheimerProfessor of Law |
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Contact Information
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312.362.6336
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Biography Deborah Tuerkheimer joined the DePaul University College of Law faculty in 2009. She was previously a professor at the University of Maine School of Law, where she taught criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence and a domestic violence seminar. Tuerkheimer’s latest article, “The Next Innocence Project: Shaken Baby Syndrome and the Criminal Courts,” will appear in the fall 2009 issue of the Washington University Law Review,, and is receiving national and international attention. Tuerkheimer also has recently published a number of articles addressing how the U.S. Supreme Court’s transformation of the Confrontation Clause uniquely impacts the prosecution of domestic violence. Her scholarship has been published in the Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, Indiana Law Journal, North Carolina Law Review; Arizona Law Review, George Washington Law Review, and Texas Law Review, among others. Tuerkheimer earned her undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Harvard College and her JD from Yale. After clerking for Alaska Supreme Court Justice Jay Rabinowitz, Tuerkheimer served for five years as an assistant district attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office, where she specialized in domestic violence prosecution. In addition to handling and supervising domestic violence cases, Tuerkheimer prosecuted child abuse, sex crimes and internet crimes. She also conducted trainings for prosecutors, law enforcement officers, medical personnel and child protective workers. |
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Courses Criminal Law |
Education B.A., Harvard University; J.D., Yale Law School |
