TIFFANY R. MURPHY. Assistant Professor of Law Director Criminal Defense Clinic

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1 TIFFANY R. MURPHY Assistant Professor of Law Director Criminal Defense Clinic University of Arkansas School of Law 1045 W. Maple Street Waterman Hall Fayetteville, Arkansas (479) (office) (702) (cell) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE University of Arkansas School of Law Assistant Professor of Law Director Criminal Defense Clinic Fayetteville, AR 2014-present Criminal Defense Clinic o Supervise students representing clients charged with criminal offenses in state courts. o Supervise clinical staff Oklahoma City University School of Law Clinical Instructor and Director Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma Innocence Project Wrongful Convictions Forensic Evidence in the Courtroom Innocence Clinic o Collaboration with the University of Central Oklahoma Forensic Science Institute and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Crime Laboratory Oklahoma Innocence Project Responsibilities Supervise and hire staff Administrative duties including grant writing, and budget management Investigating claims of actual innocence involving DNA & non-dna cases Identifying and investigating potential innocence cases and preparing them for clinic students and staff Litigating claims of actual innocence in both state and federal courts University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law Kansas City, MO

2 Assistant Clinical Professor & Legal Director Interim Executive Director Midwestern Innocence Project Wrongful Convictions Innocence Project Clinic o Collaboration between the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law, University of Missouri School of Law, and University of Missouri School of Journalism o Coordinate clinical projects with faculty at Drury College, Missouri Western University, University of Missouri St. Louis, and Washburn University School of Law Midwestern Innocence Project Responsibilities: Supervise and hire staff members Administrative duties including payroll, accounting, grant writing, and budget management Investigating claims of actual innocence involving DNA & non-dna cases Identifying and investigating potential innocence cases and preparing them for clinic students and staff Litigating claims of actual innocence in both state and federal courts Grants Awarded: 2011 Ethics and Excellence in Journalism $30, Department of Justice Wrongful Conviction Review Program $250, Department of Justice Wrongful Prosecution Review Program $287, Ethics and Excellence in Journalism $25, Missouri Bar Association $25,000 Federal Defender - Capital Habeas Unit Nevada Assistant Federal Defender First chair counsel on various capital cases in federal court. Drafted petitions, appellate briefs, and various pleadings for capital clients. Represent clients for initial appearances in federal district court. Consulted and assisted state post-conviction counsel regarding direct appeal and state habeas proceedings. Organized investigation and document collection on various cases. Federal Defender - Capital Habeas Unit Pennsylvania Assistant Federal Defender Representing death row inmates in the federal habeas proceedings. Drafted initial petitions, discovery motions, and various other pleadings before federal courts. 2

3 Consulted and assisted state post-conviction counsel regarding direct appeal and state habeas proceedings. Capital Collateral Representative Counsel Florida Staff Attorney Represented death row inmates in their state and federal habeas cases. Drafted initial petitions before the Florida Supreme Court and motions to vacate judgments and sentences in Florida Circuit Courts. Assisted in evidentiary hearings and public records hearings in capital cases. Argued before the Florida Supreme Court Federal Defender Trial Unit Eastern Washington and Idaho Fellowship Defended clients facing deportation charges. Drafted pretrial and downward departure motions for federal cases. Conducted interviews with new clients. Represented clients in pretrial conferences and sentencing hearings. EDUCATION The University of Michigan Law School Juris Doctorate 2000 Journal of Race and Law Note Editor Criminal Mock Trial Team Co-Captain Res Gestae Student Paper Business Manager The University of Michigan Bachelors Arts & Sciences 1997 Graduated with honors in History and Political Science Black Undergraduate Law Association President PUBLICATIONS Futility of Exhaustion: Why Brady Claims Need Relaxed Exhaustion Standards, Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Spring But I Still Haven t Found What I m Looking For, The Supreme Court s Struggle Understanding Factual Investigations in Federal Habeas Corpus. Work in Progress PRESENTATIONS Oklahoma City University School of Law Faculty Colloquia on But I Still Haven t Found What I m Looking For, The Supreme Court s Struggle Understanding Factual Investigations in Federal Habeas Corpus, October 25, Oklahoma City University School of Law Faculty Colloquia on Futility of Exhaustion: Why Brady Claims Need Relaxed Exhaustion Standard, November 16,

4 Futility of Exhaustion: Why Brady Claims Need Relaxed Exhaustion Standards, Innocence Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, April 20, Futility of Exhaustion: Why Brady Claims Need Relaxed Exhaustion Standards, Symposium on Sino-American Comparative Law May 2, Building Cross-Cultural Competence Where None Exists The Challenges of Teaching Diversity Skills in a Homogenous Environment, Midwest Clinical Law Teachers Conference, University of Wisconsin School of Law, November Innocence Symposium Panel, Oklahoma City University, November 5, Two panel presentations: Search Warrants, Interrogations & Arrests Challenges, and the Admissibility of Forensic Science Evidence, Communications in Forensics: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Problematic Death Cases Conference, Springfield, Missouri, Wrongful Convictions & the Midwestern Innocence Project, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, Guilty Until Proven Innocent The Human Stories, the Work of Lawyers and Journalists, and the Science Impacting Justice, Missouri Bar Association Conference, Columbia, Missouri How Wrongful Convictions Occur, Missourians Against the Death Penalty, Kansas City, Missouri, Wrongful Convictions: A Call To Action To Correct Injustice, American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, Missouri, Non-DNA Innocence Claims, National Federal Habeas Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, Innocence and DNA, Judicial Trial College, Columbia, Missouri, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS Florida Bar Association Pennsylvania Bar Association Missouri Bar Association Oklahoma Bar Association Federal Courts: Eastern District of Pennsylvania Western District of Pennsylvania Western District of Missouri 4

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