Katherine Kruse

Professor Kruse earned her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1989, graduating first in her class, and having served as an Articles Editor on the Wisconsin Law Review. She had previously earned an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.A. from Oberlin College. After graduation, Professor Kruse clerked for United States District Court Judge Barbara B. Crabb, then Chief Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin. She spent eleven years teaching and practicing law at the Frank J. Remington Center, a clinical program at the University of Wisconsin Law School that provides legal assistance to state and federal prison inmates, developing specialized projects in criminal appeals, family law for prisoners, mental health law and elder law. Before coming to the Boyd School of Law, Professor Kruse was a visiting professor and acting director of the Criminal Justice Clinic at American University Washington College of Law. Her research interests center around issues of lawyering and professionalism as well as systemic reform in the criminal justice system. She teaches Criminal Law, Professional Responsibility, Evidence, and directs the UNLV Innocence Clinic.