{{Short description|American lawyer, prosecutor and law professor}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Paul Butler | image = PaulButler.jpg | image_size = | birth_name = Paul Delano Butler | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|1|15}} | birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S. | fields = [[Criminal law]] | workplaces = [[Georgetown University Law Center]] | education = [[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Harvard Law School|Harvard University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''Paul Delano Butler''' (born January 15, 1961)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84088984.html|title=Butler, Paul, 1961-|publisher=Library of Congress|accessdate=October 27, 2018}}</ref> is an American lawyer, former prosecutor, and current [[law professor]] of [[Georgetown University Law Center]]. He is a leading [[criminal law]] scholar, particularly in the area of race and [[jury nullification]].<ref name="GW Bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.law.gwu.edu/MediaGuide/Profile.aspx?id=1723 |title=GW Law - Media Guide |accessdate=2009-05-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609233430/http://www.law.gwu.edu/MediaGuide/Profile.aspx?id=1723 |archivedate=2010-06-09 }} Official Biography at the George Washington University Law School | 27 May 2009</ref>
==Early life and education== Butler was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], where he attended [[St. Ignatius College Preparatory School]]. He received his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree ''[[cum laude]]'' from [[Yale University]] and his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree from [[Harvard Law School]].
==Legal career== Butler clerked for the Honorable [[Mary Johnson Lowe]] of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York|U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York]].<ref name="GW Bio" /> He then joined the law firm of [[Williams & Connolly]] in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in [[White-collar crime|white collar]] [[criminal defense]] and [[civil litigation]].<ref name="One Angry Man"/>
Following his time in private practice, Butler served as a federal prosecutor with the [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]], where his specialty was public corruption.<ref name="One Angry Man">"One Angry Man", By Patricia Cohen, Staff Writer, Washington Post, May 30, 1997</ref> While at the Department of Justice, Butler also served as a special assistant U.S. attorney, prosecuting drug and gun cases.
==Academic career==
Butler is currently the Albert Brick Professor in Law at the [[Georgetown University Law Center]], where he teaches criminal law, criminal procedure, race relations law, and critical theory.<ref name="GW Bio" />
His scholarship has been published in the ''[[Yale Law Journal]]'', ''[[Harvard Law Review]]'', ''[[Stanford Law Review]]'', and ''[[UCLA School of Law|UCLA Law Review]]''. He has authored chapters in several books, written a column for the ''[[Legal Times]]'', and published numerous op-ed articles, including in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', and ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]''.<ref name="GW Bio" /> He lectures regularly for the [[American Bar Association|ABA]] and the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People|NAACP]], and at colleges, law schools, and community organizations throughout the U.S.<ref name="GW Bio" /> Butler was a regular contributor at BlackProf.com until its demise in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2009/06/24/rip-blackprof-com/|title=RIP Blackprof.com|last=Daniels|first=Jessie|date=June 24, 2009|accessdate=October 27, 2018}}</ref><ref name="BlackProf.com">{{cite web|url=http://blackprof.com/ |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20060531055314/http://blackprof.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-05-31 |date=2006-05-31|title=Race, Law and Culture|publisher=Library of Congress Web Archives Collection; BlackProf.com|accessdate=October 27, 2018}}</ref>
He was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Service Award three times by the Georgetown Law graduating class and has been a visiting professor at the [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]].<ref name="GW Bio" /> In 2003, he was elected to the [[American Law Institute]]. In 2009, his first book, ''Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice'', was published by [[The New Press]].<ref name=book>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/letsgetfreehipho0000butl|last=Butler|first=Paul|title=Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice|publisher=thenewpress.com|date=August 30, 2018|isbn=978-1-59558-500-4|accessdate=October 27, 2018|url-access=registration}}</ref> His second book, ''[[Chokehold: Policing Black Men]]'', was published by The New Press in 2017.
==Published works==
* ''Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice'' (The New Press, 2010)<ref name=book/> * ''[[Chokehold: Policing Black Men]]'' (The New Press, 2017)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://thenewpress.com/books/lets-get-free|last=Butler|first=Paul|title=Chokehold: Policing Black Men|publisher=thenewpress.com|date=May 30, 2010|isbn= 978-1-62097-483-4|accessdate=October 27, 2018}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * [https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/butler-paul.cfm Profile page at Georgetown University Law Center] * {{C-SPAN|41696}}
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