Daniel S. McConkie, Jr.

Title: Associate Professor of Law
Office Location: Swen Parson 194B
Office Phone: 815-753-1560
Email: mcconkie@niu.edu
Education: B.A., University of Utah
J.D., Stanford Law School

Daniel McConkie joined the NIU Law faculty in 2015. He mainly teaches courses in criminal law and criminal procedure.

Professor McConkie was a prosecutor in California for eight years, first for the state and then for the federal government. As a federal prosecutor, he specialized in taking down large drug trafficking organizations and served as his office’s ethics advisor. His primary research interests are criminal procedure, mass incarceration, and the participation of ordinary citizens in criminal justice processes.

Professor McConkie holds an Honors B.A. degree in history from the University of Utah (2001), where he graduated cum laude, and a J.D. degree from Stanford Law School (2004), where he was a Public Interest Fellow. From 2013 to 2015, Professor McConkie was a visiting professor at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University.

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Areas of Expertise

  • Criminal law
  • Criminal procedure
  • Plea bargaining
  • Citizen participation in criminal justice
  • Professional responsibility
  • First Amendment

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Courses

  • Criminal Law
  • Criminal Procedure: Investigation
  • Criminal Procedure: Adjudication
  • Mass Incarceration Seminar
  • Criminal Justice Citizenship Seminar
  • Advanced Criminal Law Seminar
  • Professional Responsibility
  • Race and the Law
  • First Amendment