About Douglas O. Linder
Douglas O. Linder is the Elmer Powell Peer Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law. He received his JD from Stanford Law School. For more than two decades, he has taught a seminar in famous trials using materials published on his Famous Trials website. The site is the internet’s largest and most visited collection of original writings, images, and primary documents relating to famous trials. He has published extensively on a variety of legal topics and has appeared in televised documentaries and interviews about great trials.