John G. Murphy

Professor Murphy has taught courses in Individual Rights, the Supreme Court, the Federal System, Commercial Law, Federal Election Law, Professional Responsibility, Corporations, and Criminal Law. From 1982-86 he also served the Law Center as Associate Dean for the Graduate Program. Before joining the Law Center in 1965, he was a clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, an associate at the D.C. firm of Covington & Burling, and Conference Director for the HEW and OEO programs for delivery of legal services to low-income individuals. In addition, he served as General Counsel to the FEC from 1975-76, as Ford Foundation Project Specialist in Beirut, Lebanon, from 1970-72, and as visiting professor at the University of Guadalajara in Mexico (1991), at Palackeho University in Czechoslovakia (1992), and at Xiamen University, Xiamen, Peoples Republic of China (1999).