Professor Stinneford teaches and writes about legal ethics, criminal law, criminal procedure, and constitutional law. His work has been cited by the United States Supreme Court, several state supreme courts and federal courts of appeal, and numerous scholars. It has published in numerous scholarly journals including the Georgetown Law Journal, the Northwestern University Law Review, the Virginia Law Review, the Notre Dame Law Review, and the William & Mary Law Review. The Stanford-Yale Junior faculty forum selected one of his articles as the best paper in the category of Constitutional History, and the AALS Criminal Justice Section named another article as the best paper in its Junior Scholars Paper Competition. In the fall of 2015, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Georgetown Law Center, Center for the Constitution.
Before joining the Florida faculty in 2009, Stinneford clerked for the Hon. James Moran of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, served as an Assistant United States Attorney, and practiced law with Winston & Strawn in Chicago. Stinneford teaches first-year courses in Criminal Law and Constitutional Law, and upper-level courses in Professional Responsibility, Criminal Procedure, Federal Criminal Law, Law & Literature, and White Collar Crime.
Original Meaning of the 'Cruel and Unusual Punishments' Clause
Northwestern Student Chapter
Zoom Webinar -- NorthwesternZoom Webinar
Chicago, IL 60611
Cruel and New: Why Superman, Lethal Injection and Mass Incarceration Violate the Original Meaning of the 8th Amendment (but the Firing Squad Doesn’t)
Elon Student Chapter
Elon University School of Law201 N. Greene St.
Greensboro, NC 27401
Cruel and New: Why Supermax, Lethal Injection, and Mass Incarceration Violate the Original Meaning of the Eighth Amendment but the Firing Squad Doesn’t
Notre Dame Student Chapter
Eck Hall of LawNotre Dame Law School
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Cruel and New: Why Supermax, Lethal Injection, and Mass Incarceration Violate the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause (but the Firing Squad Does Not)
Chicago Lawyers Chapter
Petterino's150 N. Dearborn Street
Chicago , IL 60601
Cruel and New: Why Supermax, Lethal Injection, and Mass Incarceration Violate the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause (but the Firing Squad Does Not)
Evansville Lawyers Chapter
Commissioner's Parlor, Historic Vanderburgh County Courthouse (2nd Floor)201 NW 4th St #102
Evansville, IN 47708
Bucklew v. Precythe: The Decision [SCOTUSbrief]
Short video featuring John Stinneford
In 2014, Russell Bucklew asserted that the lethal injection protocol in Missouri was cruel and...
Crime & Punishment
2016 Annual Florida Chapters Conference
In recent years there has been a debate across the ideological spectrum about the reach...
Crime & Punishment
2016 Annual Florida Chapters Conference
In recent years there has been a debate across the ideological spectrum about the reach...
Jury Selection & Batson v. Kentucky
Short video featuring John Stinneford explaining the jury selection process
University of Florida law professor John Stinneford explains the jury selection process, including the Batson...
Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2015? - Audio/Video
Co-Sponsored by the Faculty Division and the Practice Groups
October 5th will mark the first day of the 2015 Supreme Court term. Thus far,...