University of Michigan Law School
Ann Arbor,
Michigan
Joining the law school faculty in 1988, Richard D. Friedman, the Ralph W. Aigler Professor of Law, is an expert on evidence and Supreme Court history. He is the general editor of "The New Wigmore," a multi-volume treatise on evidence, and the author of a textbook, "The Elements of Evidence," now in its third edition, and many law review articles and essays. In "Crawford v Washington," the Supreme Court radically transformed the law in this area by adopting a "testimonial" approach, which Prof. Friedman had long advocated. He successfully argued a follow-up Supreme Court case, "Hammon v Indiana," and maintains a blog on the Web to comment on related issues and developments. Prof. Friedman holds a J.D. from Harvard, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review, and a D.Phil. in modern history from Oxford University. After graduating, he clerked for Chief Judge Irving R. Kaufman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, practiced law in New York City for three years, and taught for five years at Cardozo Law School.
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