Allen, Ronald J(ay) 1948-

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ALLEN, Ronald J(ay) 1948-

PERSONAL: Born July 14, 1948, in Chicago, IL; son of J. Matteson (an engineer) and Carolyn (Latchum) Allen; married Debra Jane Livingston (marriage ended, June, 1982); married Julie O'Donnell, September 2, 1984; children: Sarah, Adrienne, Michael, Conor. Education: Marshall University, B.S. (magna cum laude), 1970; University of Michigan, J.D. (magna cum laude), 1973.

ADDRESSES: Home—1812 North Hudson, Chicago, IL 60614. office—School of Law, Northwestern University, 357 East Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611; fax: 312-503-2035. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: University of Nebraska, visiting professor of law, 1973-74; State University of New York—Buffalo, assistant professor, 1974-77, associate professor of law, 1977-79; University of Iowa, Iowa City, visiting professor, 1978-79, professor of law, 1979-84; Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL, visiting professor, 1984, professor, 1984—, Stanford Clinton, Jr. Research Professor, 1990-91, John Henry Wigmore Professor of Law, 1992—, fellow of Center for the Humanities, 1994-95. University of Michigan, visiting professor, 1982; Duke University, professor, 1983; Federal Judicial Center, lecturer, 1987; University of Adelaide, university distinguished visiting scholar, 1991; Marshall University, distinguished lecturer, 1991. Supreme Court of Illinois, member of Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission inquiry board, 1989-92, and hearing board, 1992; Constitutional Rights Foundation of Chicago, member of board of directors, 1992—. Children's Memorial Hospital, member of board of directors of John Thomas Graziano Fund, 1993-98.

MEMBER: American Bar Association, American Law Institute, Nebraska State Bar Association, Iowa Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, Yeager Society of Scholars (Marshall University; member of board of directors, 1992—), Order of the Coif, Saddle and Cycle Club (member of board of governors, 1993—; vice president, 1996-98; president, 1998-2001).

AWARDS, HONORS: Grants from Nellie Ball Trust Fund, 1980-84, and Corporate Counsel Center, Northwestern University, 1985-87; named Citizen of the Year, Constitutional Rights Foundation, 1990.

WRITINGS:

Constitutional Criminal Procedure: An Examination of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments and Related Areas (with teacher's manual), Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1985, 2nd edition (with Richard B. Kuhns), 1991, 3rd edition (with Kuhns and William J. Stuntz), 1995.

(With Richard B. Kuhns) An Analytical Approach to Evidence: Text, Problems, and Cases (with teacher's manual), Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1989, 2nd edition (with Eleanor Swift) published as Evidence: Texts, Cases, and Problems, Aspen Law & Business (New York, NY), 1997, 3rd edition, 2002.

(Editor, with Richard B. Kuhns) Federal Rules of Evidence: With Legislative History and Case Supplement, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1989.

(Editor, with Richard B. Kuhns) 1991 Federal Rules of Evidence: With Legislative History and Case Supplement, including Recent Supreme Court Decisions, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1991.

(With Victoria Anne Brander and S. David Stulberg) Arthritis of the Hip and Knee: The Active Person's Guide to Taking Charge, Peachtree Publishers (Atlanta, GA), 1998.

The Nature of Juridicial Proof, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 1999.

(Editor, with others) Comprehensive Criminal Procedure (with teacher's manual), Aspen Law & Business (New York, NY), 2001.

Contributor to law books. Contributor of numerous articles and reviews to law journals. Member of board of consulting editors, Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 1995—; member of advisory board, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 1995—, and International Commentary on Evidence, 1997—.

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