For most of the past virus isolation year, I’ve been working on a new book—Roadways to Justice: Reforming the Criminal Justice System. The book is being published by Full Court Press, Fastcase, Inc., and it is currently in the process of being formatted, having a cover created and so on. It will be launched soon.
Roadways to Justice is a half-century history of efforts to reform the criminal justice system, and it is somewhat of a memoir. Beginning in 1969, I worked as a prosecutor in the King County Prosecutor’s Office in Seattle Washington for 27 years. Following that for 8 years I was the Senior Training Counsel at the National Advocacy Center in South Carolina where state and local prosecutors were trained. During that time, I also served as the program manager of continuing legal education programs for the National College of District Attorneys.
In 2004, I returned to Seattle and have been a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at Seattle University Law School where I teach Trial Advocacy, Pretrial Advocacy, Essential Visual Litigation and Technology, and Essential Lawyering Skills. In addition, I’ve taught in over 40 states at continuing legal education courses as well as teaching internationally in the Balkans.
The central focus of Roadways to Justice is how to reform the criminal justice system. The King County Prosecutor’s Office has had remarkable successes in reforming the justice system, and successes this one prosecutor’s office has had provides roadmaps for others who want to make a meaningful difference in the American criminal justice system.
