Robert J. Smith is Visiting Assistant Professor at DePaul University College of Law, where he teaches Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure. He previously served as the legal and policy advisor to Harvard Law School's Charles Hamilton Houston Institute and represented death sentenced inmates as a staff attorney at the Louisiana Capital Appeals Project. He has authored or co-authored articles in the Boston University Law Review, Washington Law Review, Case Western Reserve Law Review, Louisiana Law Review, Southern University Law Review, Harvard Law and Policy Review Online, Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy, and Michigan Law Review-First Impressions.