Douglas O. Linder is an American author, narrator, and historian. He is the creator of the ''Famous Trials'' website (since 1995) hosted by University of Missouri, which covers over 50 famous trials throughout history. Linder has coauthored a research analysis ''The Happy Lawyer'' with Nancy Levit about the challenges facing the legal profession, as well as ''The Good Lawyer'' published by

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in 2014.

Education

Linder was raised in

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. Linder is a professor at the

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...

. He attended

Gustavus Adolphus College Gustavus Adolphus College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in St. Peter, Minnesota. It was founded in 1862 by Swedish Americans led by Eric Norelius and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Gustavus gets its nam ...

in St. Peter, Minnesota as an undergraduate, majoring in mathematics, before graduating from

Stanford Law School Stanford Law School (Stanford Law or SLS) is the law school of Stanford University, a private research university near Palo Alto, California. Established in 1893, it is regarded as one of the most prestigious law schools in the world. Stanford La ...

with a

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degree.

Work

In 1996, Linder developed two casebook websites, ''Exploring Constitutional Law'' and ''Exploring First Amendment Law''. Linder was interviewed by

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about the legacy of the Scopes Trial. In December 2017, Linder gives a lecture that tells the story behind the 2021 movie '' The Last Duel''. Unlike the

Burr–Hamilton duel The Burr–Hamilton duel took place in Weehawken, New Jersey, between Aaron Burr, the Vice President of the United States, and Alexander Hamilton, the first and former Secretary of the Treasury, on the morning of July 11, 1804. The duel was the ...

in 1804, the 1386 duel was a court-approved duel, that is, "judicial duel."

Bibliography

The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti

The Trial of Socrates
2002, regarding the

trial of Socrates The trial of Socrates (399 BC) was held to determine the philosopher's guilt of two charges: ''asebeia'' (impiety) against the pantheon of Athens, and corruption of the youth of the city-state; the accusers cited two impious acts by Socrates: ...

References

External links

Famous Trials website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Linder, Doug American legal writers University of Missouri–Kansas City faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Gustavus Adolphus College alumni Stanford Law School alumni