Teaching interests: Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Federal Courts, Torts.

Education: B.A. (summa cum laude), 1977, Middlebury College; J.D. (cum laude), 1980, Harvard University.

Experience: Associate, 1980-83, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, PA., Litigation; joined The University of Memphis School of Law faculty in 1983. Associate Dean since 8/2001.

Admitted: Pennsylvania; Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Achievements/Publications: Author of articles on Section 1983 litigation in the UCLA Law Review (1988), Toledo Law Review (1991), George Washington Law Review (1992), Villanova Law Review (1996), the Urban Lawyer (1999 & 2005), Rutgers Law Journal (2004), and Cardozo Law Review (2004).  Author of several articles on state constitutional law, criminal law, and constitutional law in The University of Memphis Law Review.  Coach: 1996, 1994, and 1993 Wagner Moot Court National Champions, 2003 and 1992 semifinalists; 2006 National Moot Court national finalists and 1999 and 1993 national quarter-finalists.  Officer, Civil Rights Section, Association of American Law Schools (since 1/2002).
 

Email: bkrtchvs@memphis.edu