Brian Farrell

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Website: http://www.law.uiowa.edu/directory/staff/brian-farrell.php

SSRN homepage: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id="1303629  "  

Qualifications: B.A., History & Education (St. Ambrose University, 1995); J.D. (University of Iowa, 1998); LL.M., International Human Rights Law (NUI, Galway, 2002)

Brian Farrell is Director of Academic Support at the University of Iowa College of Law and an Adjunct Lecturer in Law and International Studies.  He is also a co-founder and director of the Innocence Project of Iowa.  After law school, Brian clerked for the Iowa District Court for the Seventh Judicial District.  He has practiced law in Iowa and Georgia, primarily in the areas of criminal defense, appeals, and postconviction relief. His doctoral thesis topic is 'The Right to Habeas Corpus in International Law' and is supervised by Dr. Kathleen Cavanaugh.

Brian has recently been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at Sofia University during the 2012-13 academic year. Farrell will teach in the law faculty at the university, located in Bulgaria's capital. He is one of approximately one thousand U.S. faculty members and professionals who will travel abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program in 2012-13.

Since its establishment in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright, the Fulbright Program has given approximately 300,000 students, scholars, teachers, artists, and scientists the opportunity to study, teach, and conduct research, exchange ideas, and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields. The Program operates in over 155 countries worldwide.

Selected Publications

• Access to Habeas Corpus: A Human Rights Analysis of American Practices, 20 Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems (forthcoming 2010).
• The Right to Habeas Corpus in the Inter-American Human Rights System, 33 Suffolk University Transnational Law Review 197 (2010).
• Habeas Corpus in Times of Emergency: A Comparative Analysis, 1 Pace International Law Review Online Companion 72 (2010).
• Can’t Get You Out of My Head: The Human Rights Implications of Using Brain Scans as Criminal Evidence, 4 Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law 89 (2009-2010).
• Application of International Humanitarian Law by United States Courts, 28 Penn State International Law Review, 177 (2009).
• From Westminster to the World: The Right to Habeas Corpus in International Constitutional Law, 17 Michigan State Journal of International Law 551 (2009).
• Habeas Corpus and the Drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 11 Journal of the History of International Law 81 (2009).
• Does the UDHR Implicitly Guarantee a Right to Habeas Corpus?, 16 No. 1 Human Rights Brief 2 (2008).
• The Rights of Detainees: Prisoners at Guantánamo Are Entitled to Habeas Corpus, America, Sep. 24, 2007, at 18.
• Israeli Demolition of Palestinian Houses as a Punitive Measure: Application of International Law to Regulation 119, 28 Brooklyn Journal of International Law 871 (2003).
• The Right to a Speedy Trial Before International Criminal Tribunals, 19 South African Journal on Human Rights 98 (2003).
• The Role of International Law in the Kashmir Conflict, 21 Penn State International Law       Review 293 (2003).
• South Africa and Affirmative Action: The Legality of the Employment Equity Act Under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 5 Trinity College Law Review 202 (2002).
• An Isolationist View of the International Criminal Court, America, Nov. 25, 2002, at 19.
• Fill ’Er Up With Corn: The Future of Ethanol Legislation in America, 23 Journal of Corporation Law 373 (1998).

Recent Presentations

• “Overview of the NAS Report on Forensic Science in the U.S.,” Forensic Science in Iowa: Impact of the National Academy of Sciences Report, University of Iowa College of Law & Innocence Project of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Oct. 29, 2010.
• “The State of Forensic Science,” From Crime Scene to Courtroom and Beyond: An Introduction to DNA and Other Testing of Biological Evidence, Nebraska Bar Association and Nebraska Innocence Project, Omaha, Nebraska, Oct. 20, 2010.
• “Human Rights Under International Law,” International Law in the Practice of Law in the United States, Iowa State Bar Association, Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 29, 2010.
•  “Criminal Case Law Update,” Summer Seminar, Iowa State Bar Association, Okoboji, Iowa, July 10, 2010.
• “Casting a Wide Net: Technology as an Academic Support Tool,” Law School Admissions Council Workshop: Teaching 21st Century Students with Technology, Florida Coastal School of Law, Jacksonville, Florida, May 19-20, 2010.
• “The Security Council and Kashmir,” The Security Council and Areas of Conflict: Contrasting Approaches, Contexts, and Manner of Implementation, Middle Eastern Technical University – North Cyprus Campus, Güzelyurt, North Cyprus, Apr. 8-9, 2010.
• “Access to Habeas Corpus: A Human Rights Analysis of American Practices,” A Critical Juncture: Human Rights and the U.S. Standing in the World under the Obama Administration, University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa, March 5, 2010.
• “Present Criminal Research Issues of the Innocence Project of Iowa,” Johnson County Defense Bar, Iowa City, Iowa, February 3, 2010.
• “Proving Innocence,” Justice Forum at First Pres, First Presbyterian Church Cedar Rapids, Iowa, January 31, 2010.
• “Habeas Corpus History and Comparison,” National Security Across the Globe, Pace University, White Plains, New York, November 13, 2009.
• “Obama, Detention, and Human Rights,” The Irish-American Exchange on Human Rights, Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame School of Law, Notre Dame, Indiana, October 10, 2009.
• “The National Academy of Sciences Forensics Report,” Public Defenders Criminal Law Seminar, Public Defenders Association of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, June 18, 2009.
• “The Human Rights Implications of Using Brain Scans as Criminal Evidence,” The Promise of Law: Political Claims and the Boundaries of Justice, Center for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, UCC, Cork, Ireland, April 28, 2009.
• “Considering Innocence and Human Rights on the 60th Anniversary of the UDHR,” United Nations Association - Linn County Chapter, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dec. 4, 2008.
• “Application of International Humanitarian Law by United States Courts,” The Local Relevance of Human Rights Conference, UCSIA, Antwerp, Belgium, Oct. 18-19, 2008.
• “Wrongful Convictions and the Innocence Project of Iowa,” Criminal Law Seminar, Iowa State Bar Association, Des Moines, Iowa, May 9, 2008.

Published Cases

• State v. Bogan, 774 N.W.2d 676 (Iowa 2009)
• Holmes v. State, 775 N.W.2d 733 (Iowa Ct. App. 2009)

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