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Before joining the John Marshall faculty, Ron Smith taught Speech at Loyola
University, served as a
U.S. Naval aviator, clerked for Justice John V. McCormick of the Illinois
Appellate Court, and was staff counsel for Santa Fe Railway. He was elected to
the 1970 Illinois Constitutional Convention, where he served on the Executive
Article Committee and the Official Explanation Committee. In 1972, the Governor
of Illinois appointed him to the Governor's Transitional Task Force, and
thereafter to the Illinois Board of Ethics (1972 to 1976).
He has written
articles on criminal law and Illinois
constitutional law. He is the director of the National Criminal Justice Trial
Advocacy Competition, co-sponsored by John Marshall and the ABA Criminal
Justice Section.
In 1995, the ABA Criminal Justice Section honored Professor
Smith and The John Marshall Law School for "outstanding service to the American
Bar Association." The ABA
recognized the Competition as the Best ABA Program for 1998. Professor Smith
was elected Chair of the ABA's
Criminal Justice Section for 2001-2002; during his term he wrote several
articles for Criminal Justice Magazine
and initiated the first ABA Cybercrime Conference.
He served as an Assistant State's Attorney of Cook County and as a
hearing officer for the Illinois Civil Service Commission. A member of Blue Key
National Honor Society, he is also listed in Who's Who in America
and Who's Who in the World.
Professor Smith joined the faculty in 1968. He teaches Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Federal Criminal Law.
For information on the National Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition, visit
http://www.abacrimtrial.com/. Professor Smith's own site is at http://www.reddogsmith.com/.
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