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Ben Trachtenberg
BA with distinction (2001), Yale University
MA (2002), University of Limerick
JD (2005), Columbia University
- Phone Number: (573) 882-7293
- Room Number: 319 Hulston Hall
- E-Mail Address: trachtenbergb@missouri.edu
- Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Professor Trachtenberg was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Brooklyn Law School from 2008-2010 where he taught Criminal Law and Environmental Law. From 2006-2008, he was a Litigation Associate at Covington & Burling LLP assigned to white collar investigations and civil securities cases. While in practice, Professor Trachtenberg also handled pro bono representations in housing and employment law matters.
Professor Trachtenberg received his J.D. from Columbia Law School where he was Articles Editor on the Columbia Law Review and recipient of several academic awards. He has an M.A. in International Studies from the University of Limerick, Ireland and a B.A. from Yale in Political Science, with distinction. After graduating from law school, Professor Trachtenberg clerked at the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit with Judge Jose A. Cabranes.
Professor Trachtenberg has published in the Oregon Law Review, the Hastings Law Journal, the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, and the ABA Journal.
Professor Trachtenberg teaches Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Professional Responsibility, and Trial Practice.
Recent Publications
Weblogs| EvidenceProf Blog, Guest Blogger, http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/evidenceprof/ | |
| | EvidenceProf Blog | |
| Law School Marketing and Legal Ethics, __ NEBRASKA LAW REVIEW __ (forthcoming June 2013) | |
| | SSRN | |
| Confronting Coventurers: Coconspirator Hearsay, Sir Walter Raleigh, and the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause, 64 FLORIDA LAW REVIEW 1669 (Dec 2012) | |
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| Reducing the Discount Rate, 29 no.6 THE ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM 24 (Nov/Dec 2012) | |
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| Tinkering with the Machinery of Life, 59 UCLA LAW REVIEW DISCOURSE 128 (2012) | |
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| Health Inflation, Wealth Inflation, and the Discounting of Human Life, 89 OREGON LAW REVIEW 1313 (2011). | |
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| Coconspirators, “Coventurers,” and the Exception Swallowing the Hearsay Rule, 61 HASTINGS LAW JOURNAL 581 (2010). | |
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| Rethinking Pro Bono, NEW YORK TIMES, May 14, 2012 at A23 | |
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