Distinguished Professor of Law. Professor Singer earned his B.A. degree in 1963 at Amherst College and two graduate law degrees at Columbia University-the LL.M. in 1971 and the J.S.D. in 1977. After Professor Singer graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1966, he spent one year clerking for Judge Harrison Winter of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He began teaching immediately thereafter and has been extremely active in writing about criminal law and criminology. He has authored four books, one of which deals with prisoners` rights and another with sentencing reform, as well as nearly three dozen articles in scholarly journals. He also was the reporter on two national projects dealing with prisoners` rights that developed model codes of standards in that field. His most recent publications are a casebook on substantive criminal law and a student guide to criminal law. He was counsel to the U.S. Supreme Court case of Apprendi v. New Jersey (2000), on criminal law, juries, and sentencing. Professor Singer served as dean of the law school from 1986 to 1989.
