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Naomi Harlin Goodno

Professor of Law
Caruso School of Law
Office locationDeans' Suite
Phone310.506.4623

Biography

After focusing on history and teaching as an undergraduate at Princeton University, Professor Goodno attended Berkeley Law, University of California for the first two years and spent her third year studying at Harvard Law School. While at Berkeley, Professor Goodno served as an articles editor for the California Law Review. At Harvard, she was an active member of the Mediation Program. She also interned at the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California, and the Alameda District Attorney's Office.

After law school, Professor Goodno joined the downtown Los Angeles firm of Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan, where she litigated numerous complex civil litigation cases, including white collar crime, class actions, bankruptcy, breach of contract, fraud, and property and employment disputes. She then clerked for the Honorable Arthur L. Alarcon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Professor Goodno served five years in the Deans’ Suite, acting as the Academic Dean, Dean of Students, and Vice Dean. Professor Goodno teaches Civil Procedure, Evidence, Trial Practice, Human Rights and International Criminal Law, and Advanced Criminal Procedure. Her research interests focus on justice for children and the vulnerable which include the intersection of cyberspace, law and technology, criminal law, evidence, constitutional law, and global justice. She is also active in working with international human rights organizations.

Education

  • J.D., Berkeley Law, University of California, 1999
  • A.B., Princeton University, 1995

 

Articles

  • Naomi Harlin Goodno, A Carrot or a Stick? Strengthening the Rule of Law with a Stick: Failure to Enforce Sexual Assault Laws as a Crime Against Humanity, 39 U. PENN. J. INT'L L. 491 (2017) SSRN 
  • Naomi Harlin Goodno, When the Commerce Clause Goes International: A Proposed Legal Framework for the Foreign Commerce Clause, 65 FLA. L. REV. 1139 (2013) SSRNHeinOnline
  • Naomi Harlin Goodno, How Public Schools Can Constitutionally Halt Cyberbullying: A Model Cyberbullying Policy that Considers First Amendment, Due Process, and Fourth Amendment Challenges, 46 WAKE FOREST L. REV. 641 (2011) SSRNHeinOnline
  • Naomi Harlin Goodno, Protecting "Any" Child: The Confidential Marital Communications Privilege In Child Molestation Cases, 59 U. KAN. L. REV. 1 (2010) SSRNHeinOnline
  • Naomi Harlin Goodno, Cyberstalking, A New Crime: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Current State and Federal Laws, 72 MO. L. REV. 125 (2007) HeinOnline
  • Naomi Harlin Goodno, Career Criminals Targeted: The Verdict is in, California's Three Strikes Law Proves Effective, 37 GOLDEN GATE U. L. REV. 461 (2007); J. OF THE INST. FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CRIM. JUST., Summer 2007, at 6 HeinOnline
  • Naomi Harlin Goodno, Bluebook Madness: How to Have Fun Teaching Citation, 16 PERSP.: TEACHING LEGAL RES. & WRITING 40 (2007)
  • Naomi Harlin Goodno, The S.M.A.S.H. Work-Out Circuit: Tightening Flabby Sentences, SECOND DRAFT, Aug. 2005, at 4

Topics

  • Civil Procedure
  • Criminal Law and Procedure

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