Title
Professor

Department
Berkeley Law


Faculty URL
https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/elisabeth-semel

Research Group
https://www.law.berkeley.edu/experiential/clinics/death-penalty-clinic/

Email
esemel@law.berkeley.edu

Phone
(510) 642-0458

Fax
(510) 643-4625


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Research Expertise and Interest
Capital punishment; criminal law; criminal procedure

Research Description
Elisabeth Semel is a clinical professor and Director of the Death Penalty Clinic where faculty supervise students in representing individuals facing the death penalty at various stages of the proceedings -- trial, appeal, and post-conviction.? Her research is related to the defense of capital cases, with an emphasis on the role that race plays in the administration of the death penalty, and, more broadly, in the selection of juries.