Curriculum Vitae

Sara Sun Beale

Personal Data

Date of Birth:	April 28, 1949
Place of Birth:	Toledo, Ohio
Home Address:	1019 West Trinity Avenue Durham, NC 27701
Home Telephone:	(919) 683-1159
Family:	Married to Duncan Beale Children Matthew and Steven Beale

Present Position

Charles L.B. Lowndes Professor of Law
Duke University School of Law
Post Office Box 90360
Durham, NC 27708-0360
Telephone: (919) 613-7091
FAX: (919) 668-0996
Internet: sun@law.duke.edu

Education

J.D., 1974, Magna Cum Laude, University of Michigan
B.A., 1971, Honors English, with high distinction, University of Michigan

Positions Held

Charles L.B. Lowndes Professor of Law, School of Law, Duke University, 2001-present
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Law, Duke University, 1997-1998
Professor, School of Law, Duke University, 1984-present
Associate Professor, Duke University, 1979-84
Visiting Professor, University of Michigan Law School, 1992
Assistant to the Solicitor General, United States Department of Justice Washington, D.C., 1977-1979
Attorney Adviser, Office of Legal Counsel, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1976-1977
Law Clerk for the Honorable Wade H. McCree, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1975-1976
Associate, Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow, and Trigg, Detroit, Michigan, 1974-1975

Books

Federal Criminal Law and Its Enforcement, with Norman Abrams (3d ed. 2000), and supplement 2004; Federal Criminal Law and Its Enforcement, with Norman Abrams (2d ed. 1993), supplements 1996, 1998, 1999, 2005 and accompanying Teacher's Manual, with Norman Abrams (2000).
Federal Criminal Law And Related Civil Actions: Forfeitures, the False Claim Act, and RICO, with Pamela Bucy and Sarah Welling (1998), & Supplements 1999 & 2000.
Grand Jury Law and Practice, with William C. Bryson and others (2nd ed. 1997) & Supplements 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.
Grand Jury Law and Practice, with William C. Bryson (1986) & Supplements 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 & 1996.

Articles and Papers

The Many Faces of Overcriminalization: From Morals to Mattress Tags to Overfederalization, 54 Am. U. L.Rev. (2005).
What Developments in Western Europe Tell Us About American Critiques of Corporate Criminal Liability, with Adam G. Safwat, 8 Buffalo Crim. L. Rev. 89 (2004).
Governmental and Academic Integrity at Home and Abroad, 72 Fordham L. Rev. 405 (2003).
Still Tough on Crime? Prospects for Restorative Justice in the United States, 2003 Utah L. Rev. 413.
The Consequences of Enlisting Federal Grand Juries in the War on Terrorism: Assessing the Patriot Act's Changes to Grand Jury Secrecy, with James E. Felman, 25 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 699 (2002) (symposium), reprinted as Assessing the USA Patriot Act's Changes to Grand Jury Secrecy, 17 Criminal Justice 43 (2002).
The Unintended Consequences of Enhancing Gun Penalties: Shooting Down the Commerce Clause and Arming Federal Prosecutors, 51 Duke Law Journal 1641 (2002).
Federal Criminal Jurisdiction, Mail: Federal Mail Fraud Act, and Sentencing: Procedural Protections in Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice (2nd ed. 2001).
News Media Coverage of Crime: How, Why, and Who Cares?, presented at the Hoffinger Colloquium, Center for Research in Crime and Justice of the New York University School of Law, November 29, 2001.
Economic Pressures and Internal Structure Shape the U.S. Media's Treatment of Crime: Do They Also Shape U.S. Criminal Justice Policy?, presented at International Society for Reform of Criminal Law Conference: Politics, Crime and Criminal Justice, August 29, 2001, Canberra, Australia.
Federalizing Hate Crimes: Symbolic Politics, Expressive Law, or Tool for Criminal Enforcement? 80 B.U. L. Rev. 1227 (2000) (symposium).
Comparing the Scope of the Federal Government's Authority to Prosecute Federal Corruption and State and Local Corruption: Some Surprising Conclusions and a Proposal, 51 Hastings L.J. 699 (2000) (symposium).
Federalizing Hate Crime: Symbolic Politics or Expressive Law, presented at University of North Carolina Law School, February 17, 2000, Wake Forest Law School, March 15, 2000, and Washington and Lee Law School, March 27, 2000.
Federalizing Hate Crime, presented at Annual Meeting, American Association of Law Schools, joint meeting of Criminal Justice and Civil Rights Sections, January, 2000.
Federal Criminal Jurisdiction, Mail: Federal Mail Fraud Act, and Sentencing: Procedural Protections, Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice (revised ed.) (2001).
The Conflict Between Federalizing Crime and Sentencing Reform, The Defender's Advocate, Vol. 2, issue (Winter 2000).
The Rise of Punitiveness in American Criminal Law, presented October 1998, at University of Kyoto, Japan, at the annual meeting of the Academic Society for American Legal Studies in Kyoto, Japan, and to law faculty and graduate students at Waseda University and the University of Tokyo. Conference papers will be published in the Society's journal Amerika Ho (American Law).
Rushing to Reform the Criminal Jury, with Neil Vidmar and others, 80 Judicature 286 (May-June 1997).
What's Law Got to Do With It: The Political, Social, Psychological, and other Non-LegalFactors Influencing the Development of (Federal) Criminal Law, 1 BuffaloCrim. L. Rev. 23 (1997).
Criminal Forfeiture and Plea Bargaining, presented February, 1996, Notre Dame Law School Colloquium Series.
Reexamining Lopez: Criminal Caseloads and the Commerce Clause, presented, November 1995, Case Western Reserve Law School symposium, on The New Federalism After United v. Lopez.
Revenge for the Condemned, with Paul Haagen, 94 Mich. L. Rev. 1622 (1996).
Law's Emperor, 74 Tex. L. Rev. 1201 (1996).
Federalizing Crime: Assessing the Impact on the Federal Courts, 543 Annals Am. Acad. Pol. & Soc. Sci. 39 (1996).
Too Many and Yet Too Few: New Principles to Define the Proper Limits for Federal Criminal Jurisdiction, 46 Hastings L.J. 979 (1995).
Reporter's Draft for the Working Group on Principles to Use When Considering the Federalization of Criminal Law, 46 Hastings L. J. 1277 (1995).
The New Reno Bluesheet: A Little More Candor Regarding Prosecutorial Discretion ,6 Fed. Sent. Rep. 310 (1994).
Procedural Issues Raised by Guidelines Sentencing: The Constitutional Significance of the "Elements of the Sentence," 34 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 147 (1993).
Prior Similar Acts in Prosecutions for Rape and Child Sex Abuse, presented July 1992, at Vancouver, British Columbia, to the Society for Reform of Criminal Law Conference on Reform of Evidence, 4 Crim. L. F. 307 (1993).
Looking for Law in All the Wrong Places: Ethical Restrictions on Attorney Subpoenas, presented February 1991, Randall-Park Faculty Colloquium Series, University ofKentucky College of Law; and Wayne State University School of Law, Oct. 1992, University of Michigan School of Law, Dec. 1992.
Drugging the Federal Courts, 8 Duke L. Mag. 4 (No. 2, 1991).
Grand Jury, in 1991 Supplement to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution.
The Effect of Financing Systems on the Adequacy of Counsel Provided to Indigent Defendants in Capital Cases, with Arthur Stock, presented August 1990,at Edinburgh, Scotland, to the Society for the Reform of Criminal Law Conferenceon Race, Class, and Gender.
Get Drug Cases Out of Federal Court, Wall St. J., Feb. 8, 1990, at A16 col. 3.
Reconsidering Supervisory Power in Criminal Cases: Constitutional and Statutory Limits on the Authority of the Federal Courts, 84 Colum. L. Rev. 1433-1522 (1984).
Integrating Statistical Evidence and Legal Theory to Challenge the Selection of Grand and Petit Jurors, 46 Law & Contemp. Probs. 269-81. (1983)
Federal Criminal Jurisdiction and Federal Mail Fraud Act, in Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice (editor, Sanford Kadish) (1983).
Self-Incrimination: Privilege, Immunity and Comment in Bar Disciplinary Proceedings,72 Mich. L. Rev. 84-117 (1973).

Memberships and Awards

American Law Institute
Order of the Coif
Phi Beta Kappa
Duke Bar Association, teacher of the year, 1989
Henry M. Bates Memorial Scholarship to five outstanding members of graduating law school class, 1974
Michigan Law Review, 1972-1974, Note Editor, 1973-1974

Other Activities

Reporter, U.S. Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules, 2005-present.
Member, American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Standards Committee, 2002-05.
Member, Board of Advisers, Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, 2002-present.
Society for the Reform of Criminal Law, Board of Directors, 2001-present.
Chair, Planning Committee, American Association of Law Schools (AALS) New Law Teachers Workshop, 2001-2002, Chair, Planning Committee, AALS Workshop on Criminal Justice, 1999-2000.
Member, Task Force on Federalization of Crime, Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Association, 1997-1998.
Criminal Law Advisory Board, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology,1995-present.
Reporter, Three Branch Working Group on the Principles to Govern the Federalization of Criminal Law, convened by Attorney General Janet Reno, March 1994-95 (includes federal and state legislators, prosecutors and correctional officials, and judges).
Member, Practitioner Reading Committee ("The Lee Committee"), Advisory to American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary,1990-1994 (reviewed opinions of Supreme Court nominees Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, and Breyer).
American Association of Law Schools (AALS), Sections and Annual Meeting Committee, 1998-2000; Professional Development Committee 1994-97; Curriculum Committee, 1990-92.
Academic Priorities Committee, Duke University, 1998-2001, 1989-92 (university-wide committee of senior faculty that advises the provost on priorities for all academic units).
Consultant, National Conference of Bar Examiners, Content Validity Study of theMultiState Bar Exam, 1992.
Associate Reporter, Workload Subcommittee of Federal Courts Study Committee, 1989-1990.
Vice Chair, Presidential Search Committee, Duke University, 2003.
Member, Presidential Search Committee, Duke University, 1992.
Executive Committee, Academic Council Duke University (university-wide faculty senate) 1985-87, Vice Chair, 1986-87.
Board of Directors, Senior PharmAssist, 2001-present.
Trustee, Durham County Hospital Corporation, 1990-1996, secretary, 1991-93,vice chair, 1993-94, chair 1994-1996.