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A Gorelick Essay

By K.C. Johnson

As mentioned below, Duke civil attorney Jamie Gorelick is presenting today at the NACUA conference, held in Manhattan?s Marriot Marquis hotel. Her topic: ?The Best Defense: Navigating Complex Criminal Matters on Your Campus.? An essay prepared by Gorelick and Christopher Zimmermann provides background for her talk. Much of the article deals with matters extraneous to the Duke civil case?notably how university counsel (or outside lawyers hired by the university) should behave when dealing with alleged criminal conduct by university employees, or when handling internal investigations of alleged improprieties. Three Gorelick passages, however, stand out, in light either of Duke?s conduct or of Gorelick?s own recent filings. Gorelick and Zimmermann write, During execution of a search warrant or otherwise, government agents may attempt to speak with employees or students...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on June 23, 2008 (boomark / email).