Areas
of Concentration: Criminal Law and Procedure,
Constitutional Criminal Procedure, Wrongful Convictions,
Forensic Science and Law
Professor
John T. Rago teaches criminal law and procedure
to first-year law students. He is the founding
director of the Post-Conviction DNA Project and
is a member of the (Cardozo Law School) Innocence
Project's Northeast Public Policy Committee. Professor
Rago is also the founding and Executive Director
of the Cyril
H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law (WI). This
highly interdisciplinary program of study and
curricular model is actively engaged with other
degree programs throughout the University. The
WI has a formal articulation agreement with California
University of Pennsylvania.
Professor
Rago has joint faculty appointments to the Duquesne
University Bayer School for Natural and Environmental
Sciences where he teaches courses on constitutional
criminal procedure, wrongful convictions, and
an introduction to American legal systems. Professor
Rago is also an adjunct faculty member with the
Justice Studies Department of the California
University of Pennsylvania. Professor Rago
served the law school as assistant dean from
1993 through 1996 and as the associate dean
for administration from 1996 through 2003.
Professor Rago is admitted to the Bar of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He holds
degrees from the Duquesne University
College of Arts & Sciences and the Duquesne
University School of Law. |
