Jenny Roberts

American University - Washington College of Law

4300 Nebraska Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20016

United States

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Why Misdemeanors Matter: Defining Effective Advocacy in the Lower Criminal Courts

UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 45, 2011, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2011-32
Number of pages: 96 Posted: 23 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2012
Jenny Roberts
American University - Washington College of Law
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Misdemeanors, Collateral Consequences, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Sixth Amendment, ABA Criminal Justice Standards

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Effective Plea Bargaining Counsel

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 122, No. 100, 2013, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2013-17
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2013
Jenny Roberts
American University - Washington College of Law
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Plea Bargaining, right to counsel, Sixth Amendment, Gideon, Frye, Lafler

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Too Little, Too Late: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, the Duty to Investigate, and Pretrial Discovery in Criminal Cases

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Jenny Roberts
American University - Washington College of Law
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Ignorance is Effectively Bliss: Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions, Silence and Misinformation in the Guilty Plea Process

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 95, No. 119, 2009
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 21 May 2009 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2010
Jenny Roberts
American University - Washington College of Law
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Proving Prejudice, Post-Padilla

7th Annual Wiley A. Branton/Howard L. J. Symposium, Collateral Consequences: Who Really Pays the Price for Criminal "Justice"?, Howard Law Journal, Vol. 54, p. 901, 2011, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2011-17
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 27 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2011
Jenny Roberts
American University - Washington College of Law
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Expunging America's Rap Sheet in the Information Age

Wisconsin Law Review, Vol. 2, No. 321, 2015, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2015-3
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Jun 2015
Jenny Roberts
American University - Washington College of Law
Downloads 332 (104,512)
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Crashing the Misdemeanor System

Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 70, p. 1089, 2013, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2014-45
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 23 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2014
Jenny Roberts
American University - Washington College of Law
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Misdemeanor, Collateral Consequences, Plea Bargaining, Gideon, lower courts

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Training for Bargaining

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 57, 2016, Forthcoming, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2015-13, Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 2651396
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 28 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2016
Jenny Roberts and Ronald F. Wright
American University - Washington College of Law and Wake Forest University - School of Law
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Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Plea Bargaining, Plea Negotiations, Negotiation Theory

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The Mythical Divide Between Collateral and Direct Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Involuntary Commitment of "Sexually Violent Predators"

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 93, p. 670, 2008
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 09 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2009
Jenny Roberts
American University - Washington College of Law
Downloads 254 (138,784)
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Criminal Procedure, Guilty Pleas, Sexual Offenses, Civil Commitment

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Informed Misdemeanor Sentencing

Hofstra Law Review, Vol. 46, No. 171, 2017, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2018-01
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Mar 2018
Jenny Roberts
American University - Washington College of Law
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Misdemeanor, Sentencing, Collateral Consequences, Criminal Justice, Lower Criminal Court

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The Shadow Bargainers

Cardozo Law Review, Forthcoming, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2020-13
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 15 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2020
Ronald F. Wright, Jenny Roberts and Betina Wilkinson
Wake Forest University - School of Law, American University - Washington College of Law and Wake Forest University
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Plea Bargaining, Negotiation Theory, Defense Counsel

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The Innocence Movement and Misdemeanors

Boston University Law Review, Vol. 98, No. 101, 2018, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2018-07
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 27 Jun 2018
Jenny Roberts
American University - Washington College of Law
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Misdemeanors, Innocence Movement, Wrongful Conviction, Collateral Consequences

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Gundy and the Civil-Criminal Divide

Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 17, No. 207, 2019
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 19 Mar 2020
Jenny Roberts
American University - Washington College of Law
Downloads 34 (510,218)

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Gundy, nondelegation doctrine, collateral consequences, civil-criminal divide, punishment, nonpunitive

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Amicus Brief in Jae Lee V. United States

US Supreme Court, No. 16-327
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 Jun 2018
Jenny Roberts
American University - Washington College of Law
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Amicus

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Prosecuting Misdemeanors

OXFORD HANDBOOK OF PROSECUTORS AND PROSECUTION
Number of pages: 27
Jenny Roberts
American University - Washington College of Law
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Misdemeanors, Prosecution, Prosecutor, Discretion, Lower Criminal Court, Collateral Consequences

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Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Law, Policy and Practice

Thompson Reuters Westlaw/NACDL Press, 2013, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2014-48
Posted: 24 Oct 2014
Margaret Colgate Love, Jenny Roberts and Cecelia M. Klingele
Law Office of Margaret Love, American University - Washington College of Law and University of Wisconsin Law School

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Collateral Consequences, criminal defense, prosecution,