Areas of Law: 
     Criminal Law, National Security Law, International Law, Legislation and Juries

Education: 
     B.A., Morgan State University
     J.D., Northeastern University School of Law
     LL.M., Georgetown University School of Law

Before joining the faculty, Professor Hoffmeister spent four years in the U.S. House of Representatives serving as a Legislative Director, Counsel and Subcommittee Staff Director. He also clerked in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey for the Honorable Anne E. Thompson. In addition, he served as a Judge Advocate General (JAG) working in Korea, Japan and Washington D.C. Currently, he is a Major in the Army National Guard. 

Besides teaching, Professor Hoffmeister edits a blog discussing Juries. He has been quoted frequently in newspapers, including the Baltimore Sun, Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch and Wall Street Journal and has appeared on local television programs to comment on legal issues. On joining the faculty of UDSL in 2007, Professor Hoffmeister said, “I found the university to be a very warm and welcoming place.”

Courses:
Criminal Law Clinic, Criminal Procedure, Advanced Criminal Law and Nuremberg Trials

Recent Publications:

• An Insurrection Act for the 21st Century, 38 Stetson Law Review (forthcoming 2009) (Symposium)
• Resurrecting the Grand Jury’s Shield: The Grand Jury Legal Advisor, 98 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 1171 (2008) (lead article)
• South Korea Signs On, National Law Journal, April 28, 2008
• The 7th Circuit Tries to Rein in the Honest Services Doctrine, ABA White Collar Crime Newsletter, August, 2007
• Good Ruling, Bad Policy, National Law Journal, March 27, 2006 
• Shifting Alliances in Asia, Harvard Asia Pacific Review, Summer 2005 
• Policing those who Police the Peace, International Herald Tribune, December 31, 2004 
• The Growing Importance of Advanced Medical Directives in the Military, 177 Military Law Review 110 (2003)
  

Useful Web Links:
http://juries.typepad.com/