International Conference on the Future of Legal Education

Martin Geer

Professor Geer earned his B.A. from the University of Michigan, magna cum laude, his J.D. degree in 1977 from Wayne State University, where he served as Associate Editor of the Wayne Law Review, and an L.L.M. from Columbia University with a focus on international human rights. Professor Geer directs the UNLV-Boyd School of Law externship program, teaches Civil Rights Litigation and Criminal Procedure, coaches the Jessup International Moot Court Team and is developing a innocence project. He came to the Boyd School of Law from Syracuse University College of Law, where he was visiting associate professor of law and director of the Public Interest Law Firm Clinic. Earlier, he was the director of clinical education at the University of Baltimore School of Law and a clinical law professor at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. he has many years of practice experience in the areas of criminal law and civil rights litigation, particulary prison conditions. He has published numerous law review articles in the areas of civil rights and international human rights.