Linda S. Beres
Professor of Law
Contact Information
Phone: (213) 736-1123
Fax: (213) 380-3769
E-mail: linda.beres@lls.edu
919 Albany St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211
Educational and Professional Background
BS, Cleveland State University
MS, University of Maryland
JD, University of Southern California, Order of the Coif
While in law school, Linda Beres was a member of the Southern California Law Review and received the USC Law Alumni Award for attaining the highest cumulative grade point average in her class. After graduation, she served as law clerk to the Honorable Terry J. Hatter, Jr., of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. She then served as law clerk to the Honorable Warren J. Ferguson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Prior to joining the Loyola faculty in 1989, she practiced with the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles. During the 1991-92 academic year, Beres was a Marden Fellow at New York University.
Professional Memberships and Activities
Board Member, ACLU of Southern California
Co-Chair, Criminal Justice Committee
"Habitual Offender Statutes and Criminal Deterrence," T. Griffith, co-author, 34 Connecticut Law Review 55 (2001)
"Demonizing Youth," T. Griffith, co-author, 34 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 747 (2001)
"Do 'Three Strikes'Laws Make Sense? Habitual Offender Statutes and Criminal Incapacitation," working paper No. 97-8, USC Law School Working Papers Series (1997) (with co-author Thomas D. Griffith) (Georgetown L.J., November 1998).
Administration of Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Economics of Crime