Daniel S. Medwed

Professor Medwed teaches Criminal Law, Evidence, and Advanced Criminal Procedure: Wrongful Convictions and Post-Conviction Remedies. His research interests and pro bono activities revolve primarily around the topic of wrongful convictions. His book, Prosecution Complex: America’s Race to Convict and Its Impact on the Innocent (New York University Press, 2012), explores how even well-meaning prosecutors may occasionally contribute to wrongful convictions because of cognitive biases and an overly-deferential regime of legal and ethical rules. He is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Innocence Network, a consortium of innocence projects across the world, and is a former President of the Board of Directors of the Rocky Mountain Innocence Center in Salt Lake City. 

Prior to joining Northeastern in 2012, Professor Medwed was a member of the law faculty of the University of Utah.  He previously served as an instructor at Brooklyn Law School and assistant director of the school’s Second Look Program, where he worked with students investigating and litigating innocence claims by New York state prisoners. Professor Medwed has earned numerous teaching prizes over the course of his career, including the University of Utah College of Law’s Peter W. Billings Excellence in Teaching Award, a University of Utah Early Career Teaching Award, a Student Choice Teaching Award from the Associated Students of the University of Utah, and two Professor of the Year awards at Brooklyn Law School.  He has also worked in private practice and as an associate appellate counsel at the Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau, of New York City.