BACKGROUND

Before joining the faculty in 1991, Associate Professor Frank R. Herrmann, S.J., spent more than ten years as a criminal defense lawyer involved in both trial and appellate cases. He teaches Evidence, Advanced Criminal Procedure, Criminal Process, and Introduction to Lawyering and Professional Responsibility. He holds an A.B. from Fordham University, an M.Div. from Woodstock College and a J.D. from Boston College.

EDUCATION

A.B., Fordham University; M.Div., Woodstock College; J.D., Boston College.

RECENT ACTIVITIES

Presentations: "A Continental Rule Against Hearsay," at the Association of American Law Schools, in Washington, DC, in January. "Roman and Canonical Roots of Hearsay Doctrine," at the Georgetown University Law Center Advanced Evidence Seminar, in January 2000.

Work in Progress: F.R. Herrmann & Brownlow M. Speer--Foundations of American Criminal Due Process (under contract with Oxford University Press)

Other: Co-author of “Facing the Accuser: Ancient and Medieval Precursors of the Confrontation Clause,” an article cited by the US Supreme Court in the case of Crawford v. Washington in March.

COURSES

Fall 2011: Criminal Justice Clinic (CL); Criminal Justice Clinic

• With Brownlow M. Speer. "Standing Mute at Arrest as Evidence of Guilt: The 'Right to Silence' Under Attack." American Journal of Criminal Law 35, no.1 (Fall 2007): 1-21.
• With Gerald E. Kochansky. "Shame and Scandal: Clinical and Canon Law Perspectives on the Crisis in the Priesthood." International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 27 (2004): 299-319.
• "30=20: 'Understanding' Maximum Sentence Enhancements." Buffalo Law Review 46 (Winter 1998): 175-215.
• "The Establishment of a Rule Against Hearsay in Romano-Canonical Procedure." Virginia Journal of International Law 36 (1995): 1-51.
• With Brownlow M. Speer. "Facing the Accuser: Ancient and Medieval Precursors of the Confrontation Clause." Virginia Journal of International Law 34 (Spring 1994): 481-552.