Alafair Burke
J.D., Stanford Law School
Biography
Professor Alafair Burke joins Brooklyn Law School for the 2014-15 school year from Hofstra Law School, where she is a Professor of Law. She teaches criminal law, focusing on the intersection of criminal law and procedure, policing, and prosecutorial policies. She has written extensively about prosecutorial decision making, community policing and non-punitive responses to crime problems, and law’s treatment of domestic violence, both in punishing perpetrators and survivors. Professor Burke’s articles have been published in the Michigan Law Review, George Washington Law Review, North Carolina Law Review, Washington Law Review, and William and Mary Law Review, among many other journals.