Elizabeth Cateforis
Clinical Associate Professor & Supervising Attorney, Paul E. Wilson
Project for Innocence and Post-Conviction RemediesSubjects: Advanced Criminal Procedure, Capital Punishment Defender Project Clinic
Phone: 785-864-9237 E-mail: escat@ku.edu
Profile
Elizabeth Cateforis joined the law school in 1999 as a supervising attorney in the Paul E. Wilson Project for Innocence and Post-Conviction Remedies. Prior to joining the faculty, she was an assistant appellate defender at the Kansas Appellate Defender Office for the five years following her graduation from law school. She received her bachelor's degree from Smith College and her law degree from the University of Kansas.
Representative Publications
Federal Habeas Corpus for Trial Lawyers, JKBA, Jan. 2004, Vol. 73; "Surrogate Motherhood: An Argument for Regulation and Blueprint for Legislation in Kansas," 4 Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy 101 (Winter 1995).
Research Interests
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Amendments, death penalty, post-conviction remedies, criminal defense, especially issues in sentencing.
Education
J.D., Kansas, 1994; B.A., Smith College, 1985.
Admitted
Kansas 1994
Career History
Assistant Appellate Defender, Appellate Defender Office, 1994-1999; Paul E. Wilson Defender Project, University of Kansas School of Law, 1999 to Present.
Member
Clinical Legal Education Association; National Legal Aid and Defense Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association.
