Jean K. Gilles Phillips
Clinical Associate Professor and Director, Paul E. Wilson Project for Innocence and Post-Conviction Remedies
Subjects: Defender Project, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Practice in Kansas
Phone: 785-864-9214 E-mail: phillips@ku.edu
Profile
Jean Phillips joined the law school in 1996 as a supervising attorney in the Paul E. Wilson Project for Innocence and Post-Conviction Remedies, and became director in 1999. She served as director of clinical programs from 2003-2005. She received the Frederick J. Moreau award in 2003. The award is given annually to a faculty member who, in the eyes of law students, has been particularly helpful in advising and counseling students. Prior to joining the faculty, she clerked for the Hon. Robert J. Lewis of the Kansas Court of Appeals. Phillips then joined the Appellate Defender Office. During her four years as an assistant appellate defender, she spent two years working at the Defender Project assisting students in the preparation of appellate briefs. She is a 1990 graduate of the law school.
Representative Publications:
"Self-Defense: What’s a Jury Got To Do With It?," 57 Kan. L. Rev. 1143 (2009); “The Insanity of the Mens Rea Model: Due Process and the Abolition of the Insanity Defense,” 28 Pace Law Rev. 455 (2008); "Federal Habeas Corpus for Trial Lawyers," 73 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 20 (January 2004); "Who Decides: The Allocation of Powers Between the Lawyer and the Client in a Criminal Case," 71 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 28 (October 2000); Contributing Author, Practice under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, ABA Section of Criminal Justice (Aspen Law and Business, 3rd Edition, 1993) (Supplement, 1998).
Research Interests
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Amendments, post-conviction, ethics and criminal defense.
Education
J.D., Kansas, 1990; B.A., Augustana College, 1987.
Admitted
Kansas 1990; 10th Circuit 1996; Supreme Court 2002
Career History
Research Attorney, Hon. Robert J. Lewis, Jr., Kansas Court of Appeals 1990-92; Assistant Appellate Defender, Appellate Defender Office, Topeka, Kansas 1992-96; Supervising Attorney, Paul E. Wilson Defender Project 1996-98; Associate Clinical Professor and Director Paul E. Wilson Defender Project since 1999.
Member
Clinical Legal Education Association; National Legal Aid and Defense Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Kansas Bar Association; Treasurer, Board of Legal Services for Prisoners Inc.; Continuing Legal Education Commission.
