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Uphoff, Rodney J.

Books

Ethical Problems Facing the Criminal Defense Lawyer: Practical Answers to Tough Questions, (American Bar Association 1995).
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Book Chapters/Collected Works

The Criminal Defense Lawyer: Zealous Advocate, Double Agent, or Beleaguered Dealer, in CRIMINAL COURTS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (eds. Lisa Stolzenberg & Stewart J. D'Alessio, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 3rd ed. 2010).

The Duke Defendants Reaped the Benefits of a Zealous Defense -- But Do Only the Rich Get Real Lawyers? in, RACE TO INJUSTICE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE DUKE LACROSSE RAPE CASE (Carolina Academic Press 2009).
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The Criminal Defense Lawyer: Zealous Advocate, Double Agent, or Beleaguered Dealer, in COURTS AND JUSTICE: A READER (eds. G. Larry Mays & Peter R. Gregware, Waveland Press Inc, 4th ed. 2009).
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The Criminal Defense Lawyer: Zealous Advocate, Double Agent, or Beleaguered Dealer, in COURTS: A TEXT/READER (eds. Cassia Spohn & Craig Hemmens, Sage Publications, 2009).

Academic Journals

A Discourse on the ABA's Criminal Justice Standards: Prosecution and Defense Functions: The Physical Evidence Dilemma: Does ABA Standard 4-4.6 Offer Appropriate Guidance?, 62 HASTINGS LAW JOURNAL 1177 (2011).
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Forward: Symposium on Broke and Broken: Can We Fix Our State Indigent Defense System?, 75 MISSOURI LAW REVIEW 667 (2010).
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Convicting the Innocent: Why It Is Not Just an Isolated Occurrence, 2007 JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 1.
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On Misjudging and its Implications for Criminal Defendants, their Lawyers and the Criminal Justice System, 7 NEVADA LAW JOURNAL 521 (2007).
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Convicting the Innocent: Aberration or Systemic Problem?, 2006 WISCONSIN LAW REVIEW 739.
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Relations Between Lawyer and Client in Damages: Model, Typical, or Dysfunctional?, 2004 JOURNAL OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION 145.
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Who Should Control the Decision to Call a Witness: Respecting a Criminal Defendant's Tactical Choices, 68 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI LAW REVIEW 763 (2000).
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Why in-House Live Client Clinics Won't Work in Romania: Confessions of a Clinician Educator, 6 CLINICAL LAW REVIEW 315 (1999).
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Allocation of Decisionmaking between Defense Counsel and Criminal Defendant: An Empirical Study of Attorney-Client Decisionmaking, 47 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAW REVIEW 1 (1998).
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Preparing the New Law Graduate to Practice Law: A View from the Trenches with James J. Clark and Edward C. Monahan, 65 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI LAW REVIEW 381 (1997).
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The Criminal Defense Lawyer as Effective Negotiator: A Systemic Approach, 2 CLINICAL LAW REVIEW 73 (1995).
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Criminal Discovery in Oklahoma: A Call for Legislative Action, 46 OKLAHOMA LAW REVIEW 381 (1993).
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The New Discovery Code in Oklahoma: A Two Way Street in the Wrong Direction, 44 OKLAHOMA LAW REVIEW 387 (1991).
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Role of the Criminal Defense Lawyer in Representing the Mentally Impaired Defendant: Zealous Advocate or Officer of the Court, 1988 WISCONSIN LAW REVIEW 65.
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Professional Journals

Handling Physical Evidence: Guidance found in ABA Standard 4-4.6, 26-Sum CRIMINAL JUSTICE 4 (2011).
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Book Review: Case of a Lifetime: a Criminal Defense Lawyer's Story by Abbe Smith Palgrave MacMillan , 32-Aug CHAMPION 79 (2008).
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Strategic Decisions in the Criminal Case: Who's Really Calling the Shots?, 14-Fall CRIMINAL JUSTICE 4 (1999).
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The Criminal Defense Lawyer: Zealous Advocate, Double Agent, or Beleaguered Dealer, 28 CRIMINAL LAW BULLETIN 419 (Sept/Oct 1992).

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