CURRICULUM VITAE
PROF. DERRICK AUGUSTUS CARTER
Associate Professor
Valparaiso University Law School
656 S. Greenwich Street
Valparaiso, Indiana 46383
(219) 617-3021 (cell)
(219 565-7823 - office
Derrick.Carter@Valpo.edu
EDUCATION
VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, Valparaiso, Indiana
Juris Doctorate, 1975
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, Ypsilanti, Mich.
Bachelor of Science. 1972. Political Science, English, Debate Scholarship
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor: 1991 – current, Valparaiso University Law School, Valparaiso Indiana
46383
Teaching Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure (Adjudication and Investigation); Criminal
Forensics; Pretrial skills.
Awarded Distinguished Faculty Award, 2010, for Outstanding Scholarship and Service to the
Valparaiso School of Law.
Serve on Admissions Committee; Alumni Task Force; Budget Committee.
PUBLICATIONS
DISTINGUISHED BRIEF AWARD for Most Scholarly Brief Submitted to the Michigan
Supreme Court, in People v Collins, published in 8 Thomas Cooley Law Review 177 (1991)
concerning Electronic Monitoring and the Exclusionary Rule.
Knight in the Duel with Death: Physician Assisted Suicide and the Medical Necessity Defense:
41 Villanova Law Review 663 (1996)(Won the Thurgood Marshall Memorial Paper Prize
Award, Honorable Mention, by the Southwestern Professors of Color Legal Scholarship
Conference.)
Bifurcations of Consciousness: The Elimination of the Self-Induced Intoxication Excuse, 64
Missouri Law Review, 383 (1999).
A Restatement of Exceptions to the Preservation of Error Requirement in Criminal Cases, 46
Kansas Law Review 947 (1998).
To Catch the Lion, Tether the Goat: Entrapment Conspiracy, and Sentencing Manipulation, 42
Akron Law Review 135 (2009)
Famous Criminal Appeals During the 2005-2006 Term of the United States Supreme Court, 36
Capital Law Review 883 (2008).
PENDING PUBLICATIONS
Faulty Crime Labs: Responsibilities of Prosecution and Defense when broad Crime lab failures
are exposed. Errors are discovered in many crime labs throughout the country. This article
addresses ethical and procedural duties of the criminal defense Bar to redress the errors on past
and pending cases.
New Duties Concerning Cross-Examination of Experts after Melindez-Diaz and Bullcoming v
New Mexico. Since the Supreme Court has issued a trilogy of cases requiring the attendance of
Experts at trial, there are new demands and techniques concerning the cross-examination of these
experts.
Race and Guns: The applicability of the Second Amendment to Black People and Equal
protection of the Right to possess Guns. An examination of the extraordinary historical
treatment of the denial of guns to Black people from the Black Codes forward.
Mass Killers: A study of Mass Killings and Second Amendment arguments as a defense.
Entrapment: A short article on Derivative Entrapment (where second and third parties can adopt
an entrapment defense when entrapped by a private party who was influenced by government
agent.).
Major Conferences/Presentations
HANGZHOU, CHINA: Presented Criminal Justice System and Forensics to English Speaking
Students at Zeighang University of Technology, November 2015. Invited by Professor Fang
Ping.
LUNCHEON SPEAKER, 7TH CIRCUIT BAR ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, February 2014,
at Northwestern Univ Law School, Chicago, Illinois, on the Legalization of Marijuana and
ethical and legal aspects. Legalization in Oregon, but possession still violates Federal Law.
Invited by Collins Fitzpatrick, Chief Clerk for the 7th Circuit Courts.
SPAIN: UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA: 23 December 2013, Addressed Capital Punishment in
America because students and faculty at University of Valencia. Invitation of Professor
Palacios.
GREECE: Presentation on Physician Assisted Suicide, Athens, Greece, 2010 at the ATINER
international conference.
OXFORD, ENGLAND: Week-long conference and presentation at Oxford University, on Law
suits against the Alcohol Industry for crimes committed by Alcoholics. Sponsored by Valparaiso
Law School.
CAIRO, EGYPT: 2009. American University presentation on The Death Penalty in America.
Indiana Judicial Conference, South Bend, 1996, Presented an update on Indiana Supreme Court
decisions and United State Supreme Court decisions to the Judges in
Indiana. Later, turned into a Law Review article, published in Akron Law
Review.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
An Attorney with the Michigan Appellate Defender Office, 1975-1992, handling Criminal
Appeals for the Indigent. This office is a division of the Michigan Supreme Court handling
appeals before the Michigan Court of Appeals; Michigan Supreme Court; the Federal courts on
habeas; and the United States Supreme Court. Jim Neuhard, Former Director. Dawn Van Hoek,
current Director.
-Won THE MOST DISTINGUISHED BRIEF AWARD for the Most Scholarly Brief
Submitted to the Michigan Supreme Court in People v Collins, concerning
Electronic Monitoring, 1991, Brief published in full in 8 Cooley Law
Review (1991)
BAR MEMBERSIP
Michigan, P25831, 1975
Indiana, Bar Application pending
Indiana State Bar Pro Bono Commission, appointed by Justice Dickson, 2012 - 2016
Indiana State Bar PLEADS Council (Professional Legal Education, Admission and
Development Section), Representing Valparaiso Law School, 2012 – 2016
MEMBER, PORTER COUNTY INNS OF COURT: ADDRESSES ETHICAL ISSUES
THROUGH PERFORMANCES AND DIALOGUE.
MEMBER, AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
MEMBER, NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION
MEMBER, 6TH CIRCUIT FEDERAL COURT OF APPEALS BAR
MEMBER, UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT BAR