Doug Linder
{{short description|American author, narrator, and historian}}
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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-Kansas City,{{cite web |url=http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm |title=Famous Trials |publisher=UMKC School of Law |accessdate=2014-04-29 |oclc=45390347}} 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,Douglas O. Linder, Nancy Levit (2010), [https://www.amazon.ca/The-Happy-Lawyer-Making-Good-ebook/dp/B003SX0S26 The Happy Lawyer: Making a Good Life in the Law], Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|0195392329}}. Amazon Kindle Edition. as well as The Good Lawyer published by Oxford University Press in 2014.Douglas O. Linder, Nancy Levit (2014), [https://www.amazon.ca/The-Good-Lawyer-Seeking-Practice/dp/0199360235 The Good Lawyer: Seeking Quality in the Practice of Law], Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|0199360235}}. Amazon Kindle.
Education
Linder was raised in Mankato, Minnesota.
Linder is a professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.{{cite web |url=http://law.umkc.edu/faculty-staff/people/linder-douglas.asp |title=Douglas O. Linder |publisher=UMKC School of Law |accessdate=2014-04-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430012939/http://law.umkc.edu/faculty-staff/people/linder-douglas.asp |archivedate=2014-04-30 }} He attended Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota as an undergraduate, majoring in mathematics,[http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/PROJECTS/FTRIALS/linder.htm] University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law: Douglas O.Linder before graduating from Stanford Law School with a Juris Doctor degree.
Work
In 1996, Linder developed two casebook websites, Exploring Constitutional Law and Exploring First Amendment Law.
Linder was interviewed by CNN about the legacy of the Scopes Trial.[http://transcripts.cnn.com/2000/LAW/07/transcripts/linder.scopestrial.fl.07.12/index.html CNN.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629132522/http://transcripts.cnn.com/2000/LAW/07/transcripts/linder.scopestrial.fl.07.12/index.html |date=June 29, 2011 }}.
In December 2017, Linder gives a lecture that tells the story behind the 2021 movie The Last Duel.{{cite web |title=Trial by Combat: "The Last Duel" |url=https://famous-trials.com/medievaltrials/2320-home |website=Famous Trials}} Unlike the Burr–Hamilton duel in 1804, the 1386 duel was a court-approved duel, that is, "judicial duel."
Bibliography
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100722064426/http://www.jurist.law.pitt.edu/trials17.htm The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti]
- [http://faculty.smu.edu/jclam/science_religion/trial_summary.html The Monkey Trial]
- [https://ssrn.com/abstract=1021249 The Trial of Socrates], 2002, regarding the trial of Socrates
References
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External links
- [https://famous-trials.com/ Famous Trials website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100624004933/http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/webworld/linderweb.html Other websites created by Linder]
- [http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/linder.htm Doug Linder Bio Page]
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Category:American legal writers
Category:University of Missouri–Kansas City faculty
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