Ilana Friedman
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Assistant Professor of Law @ukcollegeoflaw; criminal law, police misconduct, legal decision-making. Former @BadgerWHockey. Ironman triathlete & marathoner #HookEm ilanafriedman.work
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November 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Ilana also presented her article in development, called "Institutionalized Challenges for Investigating Police Criminality," at the SEALS conference. And she started new research on federal judicial consent decrees in the police reform and police accountability process. #UKLawProfResearch
September 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Ilana also presented her article in development, called "Institutionalized Challenges for Investigating Police Criminality," at the SEALS conference. And she started new research on federal judicial consent decrees in the police reform and police accountability process. #UKLawProfResearch
Resources & networking at the federal undoubtedly helps. But local insight, legal expertise, and political momentum may remain undisturbed even amid an environment on the federal level hostile to police accountability.
May 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Resources & networking at the federal undoubtedly helps. But local insight, legal expertise, and political momentum may remain undisturbed even amid an environment on the federal level hostile to police accountability.
In some cases, federal oversight may not be necessary for police accountability. For example, I find that the feds @ Main Justice can be prohibitive for successful adjudication of police criminality. Leaving the local experts to their craft may still result in guilty pleas and verdicts.
May 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In some cases, federal oversight may not be necessary for police accountability. For example, I find that the feds @ Main Justice can be prohibitive for successful adjudication of police criminality. Leaving the local experts to their craft may still result in guilty pleas and verdicts.
The paper (albeit an earlier version) is available here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
How Grand Jury Secrecy And Bias Protects and Perpetuates Police-Suspect Impunity
This article examines the configuration of grand juries in the United States to explain low levels of police officer indictment. In this paper, I use original d
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May 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The paper (albeit an earlier version) is available here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
In a forthcoming article in Oregon Law Review, I argue that the skewed racial composition of juries (and particularly grand juries) does a very good job explaining the outcomes in these cases (and even the lack of indictment in others).
May 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
In a forthcoming article in Oregon Law Review, I argue that the skewed racial composition of juries (and particularly grand juries) does a very good job explaining the outcomes in these cases (and even the lack of indictment in others).