Associate Professor of Law. Professor Ferzan earned her
B.A. at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), where she
graduated with distinction and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She
earned her J.D. cum laude at the University of Pennsylvania Law School,
where she was a member of the Order of the Coif, an editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review,
and a legal research and writing instructor. Professor Ferzan then
clerked for the Honorable Marvin Katz in the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania. After her clerkship, she worked as a trial attorney for
the Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Public Integrity Section,
investigating and prosecuting criminal offenses committed by federal,
state, and local officials. She also served as a special assistant U.S.
attorney in the District of Columbia. Professor Ferzan is the author of
numerous publications, including "The Role of Luck in the Criminal Law"
(University of Pennsylvania Law Review), "Mens Rea and Inchoate Crimes" (with Larry Alexander) (Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology), "Opaque Recklessness" (Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology), "Don't Abandon the Model Penal Code Yet! Thinking through Simons' Rethinking" (Buffalo Criminal Law Review), "Some Sound and Fury from Kaplow and Shavell" (Law and Philosophy), "Defending Imminence: From Battered Women to Iraq" (Arizona Law Review), "Torture, Necessity, and the Union of Law and Philosophy" (Rutgers Law Journal), "Justifying Self-Defense" (Law and Philosophy), "A Reckless Response to Rape: A Reply to Ayres and Baker" (forthcoming UC Davis Law Review), and "Clarifying Consent" (forthcoming Law and Philosophy).
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