Leonard B. Mandell
Associate Dean for Student Services

B.A., University of Connecticut
J.D., Boston College

Email: Lmandell@niu.edu
Phone: (815) 753-1069
Room: 181

Biography

Leonard Mandell's primary areas of responsibility include student affairs and the supervision of moot court programs. He is also the director of the Criminal Law Externship and the Appellate Defender Externship. His practice experience includes serving as a staff attorney for the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination after practicing law in a private law firm. Dean Mandell joined the Northern administration in 1982. He has published several articles in the criminal procedure area, and is a member of the Illinois, Massachusetts, and Florida Bar Associations.

Recent Activities

• Serves on the NIU Alcohol Education Council.

Articles

• Publish or Perish: Judging an Article By Its Cover Revisited, 18 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 331 (1998).
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• Search and Seizure at Home: To Knock or Not to Knock, That is the Question, 4 Preview 228 (1997).
• Publish or Perish: Judging an Article By Its Cover, 15 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 373 (1996).
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• Does a Federal Statute that Imposes a Five-Year Sentence Enhancement, Not to Run Concurrently with Any Other Term of Imprisonment, Apply to State Sentences?, 3 Preview 176 (1996).
• The Role of Appellate Courts in Determining the Validity of Searches and Seizures, 6 Preview 280 (1996).
• Out-of-Reach and Locked Away Guns: Can They Support a Conviction for Using a Firearm in Drug Trafficking?, 2 Preview 72 (1995).
• Prisoner Assault: How Much Must Prison Officials Know to be Liable for Failing to Keep a Prisoner Safe From Attack?, 4 Preview 142 (1994).
• Extending Batson v. Kentucky: Do Gender-Based Peremptory Challenges Violate the Constitutional Guarantee of Equal Protection?, 2 Preview 57 (1993).
• Terry Revisited: Is There a "Plain Feel" Exception to the Warrant Requirement?, 5 Preview 224 (1993).
• Language-Based Peremptory Challenges: Is Something Gained or Lost in the Translation?, 7 Preview 217 (1991).
• Fairness Over Fortuity: Retroactivity Revisited & Revised, 1989 Utah L. Rev. 11 (with Anita Richardson).
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• Drug Testing in the Public Sector National Treasury, 2 Preview 97 (1988), reprinted in Soc. Educ., VOL. 53 NO. 4 (1989).
• Batson v. Kentucky Revisited: A Clear Break for Some but Not for All?, 2 Preview 40 (1986).
• Lengthy Detentions and Invasive Searches at the Border: In Search of the Magistrate, 28 Ariz. L. Rev. 331 (1986) (with Anita Richardson), reprinted in Immigr. & Nat'lity L. Rev. 453 (1989).
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• Peremptory Challenges on Trial: Black Jurors Are Out and the Verdict is Coming in, 5 Preview 147 (1985).
• Surgical Search: Removing a Scar on the Fourth Amendment, 75 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 525 (1984) (with Anita Richardson).
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• The Carney Case: Is A Man's (Motor) Home His Castle?, 3 Preview 57 (1984).
• Illinois Makes a Payneful Decision, 73 Ill. St. B.J. 86 (1984).

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Areas of Expertise:

Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Appellate Advocacy