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Biography

Southern University and A&M College - Law

Deputy Solicitor General
Legal Services
Michelle Ward
Ghetti
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Well known legal expert and speaker/author in the areas of constitutional law, criminal law, family law, legal ethics, evidence and procedure. Experience in courts at all levels and with numerous legislative bodies. Endowed professor of law for over 26 years having taught at Southern University Law Center, Georgetown Law School, and American University's Washington College of Law. Member of Advisory Committee to US Civil Rights Commission, of the Louisiana Law Institute, and numerous boards and task forces. Former Fellow with the US Supreme Court.

Experience

  • Georgetown University Law Center

    Visiting Professor

    Teaching Evidence

  • La. Department of Justice, Office of Attorney General Jeff Landry

    Deputy Solicitor General

    Michelle worked at La. Department of Justice, Office of Attorney General Jeff Landry as a Deputy Solicitor General

  • Michelle Ward LaBorde Ghetti

    Legislative Consultant/Lawyer/Notary Public

    I consult with a number of groups and individuals, including legislators, about the law, about legislative drafting, and about the process of taking an idea and making it a law. I draft legislation and, for topics on which I have expertise, testify for or against legislation.

    I also have a part time practice of law occasionally representing clients with unusual or cutting edge issues in the areas of religious freedom, family law, and criminal law.

  • Supreme Court of the U.S.

    Fellow

    I instructed delegations from 70+ countries on the U.S. Constitution, separation of powers, and the court system in the U.S and created a power point slide for future use doing same. I helped draft the Criminal Benchbook for U.S. Magistrates. I did a white paper on the organization and funding of public defender offices throughout the United States. I wrote summaries of about 100 cases for the Cameras in the Courtroom project and videotaped a training video for use by federal clerks in the future. I helped inform federal judges on issues related to evidence and criminal and civil procedure for their committee work on amending those codes.I attended oral arguments during the term, presentations by the Supreme Court Historical Society during the term, presentations by all officers of the Court regarding what their office did, the bi-annual Judicial Conference, and various social events at the Court. I attended weekly training with the Congressional Fellows and events with the White House Fellows. I had monthly meetings with the top administrators of agencies throughout Washington, DC.

  • Southern University Law Center

    LOCHE Endowed Professor of Law, Retired

    Teach and write in the areas of Criminal Law and Procedure with specialty in the Death Penalty, International Criminal Law, Constitutional Law with specialty in the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Tenth Amendments, Legal Ethics, Evidence, Family Law.

Education

  • Louisiana State University

    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

    Education

  • Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center

    Juris doctorate

    Law (degree awarded in 1983)

  • Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law

    Juris doctorate (30 hours towards)

    Law

Publications

  • Louisiana Criminal Trial Best Practices Bench Book

    Louisiana District Judges Association

    This is the Bench Book used by district court trial judges throughout Louisiana to consult on Louisiana law and procedures during a criminal trial. It is available to judges through the Louisiana District Judges Association both as a hard copy and a searchable online edition. Prof. Ghetti, with the help of a committee of district court judges and their staff, drafted and edited the Bench Book.

  • Louisiana Criminal Trial Best Practices Bench Book

    Louisiana District Judges Association

    This is the Bench Book used by district court trial judges throughout Louisiana to consult on Louisiana law and procedures during a criminal trial. It is available to judges through the Louisiana District Judges Association both as a hard copy and a searchable online edition. Prof. Ghetti, with the help of a committee of district court judges and their staff, drafted and edited the Bench Book.

  • Trompe L’Oeuil: The Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Unreliability of Eyewitness Identifications

    In NEW TRENDS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND EVIDENCE. VOLUME II (C.M. Breur, eds.)

  • Louisiana Criminal Trial Best Practices Bench Book

    Louisiana District Judges Association

    This is the Bench Book used by district court trial judges throughout Louisiana to consult on Louisiana law and procedures during a criminal trial. It is available to judges through the Louisiana District Judges Association both as a hard copy and a searchable online edition. Prof. Ghetti, with the help of a committee of district court judges and their staff, drafted and edited the Bench Book.

  • Trompe L’Oeuil: The Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Unreliability of Eyewitness Identifications

    In NEW TRENDS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND EVIDENCE. VOLUME II (C.M. Breur, eds.)

  • WITH IMPUNITY: THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF A CRIMINAL PROSECUTOR

    13 Loy. J. Pub. Int. L 349

  • Louisiana Criminal Trial Best Practices Bench Book

    Louisiana District Judges Association

    This is the Bench Book used by district court trial judges throughout Louisiana to consult on Louisiana law and procedures during a criminal trial. It is available to judges through the Louisiana District Judges Association both as a hard copy and a searchable online edition. Prof. Ghetti, with the help of a committee of district court judges and their staff, drafted and edited the Bench Book.

  • Trompe L’Oeuil: The Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Unreliability of Eyewitness Identifications

    In NEW TRENDS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND EVIDENCE. VOLUME II (C.M. Breur, eds.)

  • WITH IMPUNITY: THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF A CRIMINAL PROSECUTOR

    13 Loy. J. Pub. Int. L 349

  • Life and the Louisiana Supreme Court: A Dramatic Rescue Tells It All

    Americans United for Life

  • Louisiana Criminal Trial Best Practices Bench Book

    Louisiana District Judges Association

    This is the Bench Book used by district court trial judges throughout Louisiana to consult on Louisiana law and procedures during a criminal trial. It is available to judges through the Louisiana District Judges Association both as a hard copy and a searchable online edition. Prof. Ghetti, with the help of a committee of district court judges and their staff, drafted and edited the Bench Book.

  • Trompe L’Oeuil: The Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Unreliability of Eyewitness Identifications

    In NEW TRENDS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND EVIDENCE. VOLUME II (C.M. Breur, eds.)

  • WITH IMPUNITY: THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF A CRIMINAL PROSECUTOR

    13 Loy. J. Pub. Int. L 349

  • Life and the Louisiana Supreme Court: A Dramatic Rescue Tells It All

    Americans United for Life

  • THE TERRORIST IS A STAR!: REGULATING MEDIA COVERAGE OF PUBLICITY-SEEKING CRIMES

    60 Fed. Comm. L.J. 481

  • Louisiana Criminal Trial Best Practices Bench Book

    Louisiana District Judges Association

    This is the Bench Book used by district court trial judges throughout Louisiana to consult on Louisiana law and procedures during a criminal trial. It is available to judges through the Louisiana District Judges Association both as a hard copy and a searchable online edition. Prof. Ghetti, with the help of a committee of district court judges and their staff, drafted and edited the Bench Book.

  • Trompe L’Oeuil: The Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Unreliability of Eyewitness Identifications

    In NEW TRENDS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND EVIDENCE. VOLUME II (C.M. Breur, eds.)

  • WITH IMPUNITY: THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF A CRIMINAL PROSECUTOR

    13 Loy. J. Pub. Int. L 349

  • Life and the Louisiana Supreme Court: A Dramatic Rescue Tells It All

    Americans United for Life

  • THE TERRORIST IS A STAR!: REGULATING MEDIA COVERAGE OF PUBLICITY-SEEKING CRIMES

    60 Fed. Comm. L.J. 481

  • A HISTORIC GATHERING: INTRODUCTION TO THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY JUVENILE JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM

    30 S.U. L. Rev. 297

  • Louisiana Criminal Trial Best Practices Bench Book

    Louisiana District Judges Association

    This is the Bench Book used by district court trial judges throughout Louisiana to consult on Louisiana law and procedures during a criminal trial. It is available to judges through the Louisiana District Judges Association both as a hard copy and a searchable online edition. Prof. Ghetti, with the help of a committee of district court judges and their staff, drafted and edited the Bench Book.

  • Trompe L’Oeuil: The Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Unreliability of Eyewitness Identifications

    In NEW TRENDS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND EVIDENCE. VOLUME II (C.M. Breur, eds.)

  • WITH IMPUNITY: THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF A CRIMINAL PROSECUTOR

    13 Loy. J. Pub. Int. L 349

  • Life and the Louisiana Supreme Court: A Dramatic Rescue Tells It All

    Americans United for Life

  • THE TERRORIST IS A STAR!: REGULATING MEDIA COVERAGE OF PUBLICITY-SEEKING CRIMES

    60 Fed. Comm. L.J. 481

  • A HISTORIC GATHERING: INTRODUCTION TO THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY JUVENILE JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM

    30 S.U. L. Rev. 297

  • Louisiana Civil Code 2020: International Model or Mongrel

    47 La. B. J. 405

  • Louisiana Criminal Trial Best Practices Bench Book

    Louisiana District Judges Association

    This is the Bench Book used by district court trial judges throughout Louisiana to consult on Louisiana law and procedures during a criminal trial. It is available to judges through the Louisiana District Judges Association both as a hard copy and a searchable online edition. Prof. Ghetti, with the help of a committee of district court judges and their staff, drafted and edited the Bench Book.

  • Trompe L’Oeuil: The Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Unreliability of Eyewitness Identifications

    In NEW TRENDS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND EVIDENCE. VOLUME II (C.M. Breur, eds.)

  • WITH IMPUNITY: THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF A CRIMINAL PROSECUTOR

    13 Loy. J. Pub. Int. L 349

  • Life and the Louisiana Supreme Court: A Dramatic Rescue Tells It All

    Americans United for Life

  • THE TERRORIST IS A STAR!: REGULATING MEDIA COVERAGE OF PUBLICITY-SEEKING CRIMES

    60 Fed. Comm. L.J. 481

  • A HISTORIC GATHERING: INTRODUCTION TO THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY JUVENILE JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM

    30 S.U. L. Rev. 297

  • Louisiana Civil Code 2020: International Model or Mongrel

    47 La. B. J. 405

  • THE GINGERBREAD MAN'S RUN IS OVER! Permanent Disbarment Is Penalty for Using Runners

    54 La. B.J. 80

  • Louisiana Criminal Trial Best Practices Bench Book

    Louisiana District Judges Association

    This is the Bench Book used by district court trial judges throughout Louisiana to consult on Louisiana law and procedures during a criminal trial. It is available to judges through the Louisiana District Judges Association both as a hard copy and a searchable online edition. Prof. Ghetti, with the help of a committee of district court judges and their staff, drafted and edited the Bench Book.

  • Trompe L’Oeuil: The Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Unreliability of Eyewitness Identifications

    In NEW TRENDS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND EVIDENCE. VOLUME II (C.M. Breur, eds.)

  • WITH IMPUNITY: THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF A CRIMINAL PROSECUTOR

    13 Loy. J. Pub. Int. L 349

  • Life and the Louisiana Supreme Court: A Dramatic Rescue Tells It All

    Americans United for Life

  • THE TERRORIST IS A STAR!: REGULATING MEDIA COVERAGE OF PUBLICITY-SEEKING CRIMES

    60 Fed. Comm. L.J. 481

  • A HISTORIC GATHERING: INTRODUCTION TO THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY JUVENILE JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM

    30 S.U. L. Rev. 297

  • Louisiana Civil Code 2020: International Model or Mongrel

    47 La. B. J. 405

  • THE GINGERBREAD MAN'S RUN IS OVER! Permanent Disbarment Is Penalty for Using Runners

    54 La. B.J. 80

  • Ghetti, "Contemporary Issues in Louisiana Law: Criminal Procedure-Is Technology Creating A Brave New Kafkaesque/Orwellian World?"

    43 S.U.L. Rev. 1 (2015)

    Article about our constitutional protections from unreasonable searches and seizures as they relate to the quickly developing world of technology.

  • Louisiana Criminal Trial Best Practices Bench Book

    Louisiana District Judges Association

    This is the Bench Book used by district court trial judges throughout Louisiana to consult on Louisiana law and procedures during a criminal trial. It is available to judges through the Louisiana District Judges Association both as a hard copy and a searchable online edition. Prof. Ghetti, with the help of a committee of district court judges and their staff, drafted and edited the Bench Book.

  • Trompe L’Oeuil: The Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Unreliability of Eyewitness Identifications

    In NEW TRENDS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND EVIDENCE. VOLUME II (C.M. Breur, eds.)

  • WITH IMPUNITY: THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF A CRIMINAL PROSECUTOR

    13 Loy. J. Pub. Int. L 349

  • Life and the Louisiana Supreme Court: A Dramatic Rescue Tells It All

    Americans United for Life

  • THE TERRORIST IS A STAR!: REGULATING MEDIA COVERAGE OF PUBLICITY-SEEKING CRIMES

    60 Fed. Comm. L.J. 481

  • A HISTORIC GATHERING: INTRODUCTION TO THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY JUVENILE JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM

    30 S.U. L. Rev. 297

  • Louisiana Civil Code 2020: International Model or Mongrel

    47 La. B. J. 405

  • THE GINGERBREAD MAN'S RUN IS OVER! Permanent Disbarment Is Penalty for Using Runners

    54 La. B.J. 80

  • Ghetti, "Contemporary Issues in Louisiana Law: Criminal Procedure-Is Technology Creating A Brave New Kafkaesque/Orwellian World?"

    43 S.U.L. Rev. 1 (2015)

    Article about our constitutional protections from unreasonable searches and seizures as they relate to the quickly developing world of technology.

  • The Louisiana Capital Trials Bench Book

    Louisiana Judicial College/Louisiana District Judges Association

    This is the Bench Book used by district trial judges throughout the state to consult on the law and procedure during a capital (death penalty) trial. Prof. Ghetti authored some sections and edited the entire book. It is only available to judges throughout the State of Louisiana.

CRIM 101

5(2)

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CRIMINALPR

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CRIMP 101

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CRIMPRO

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EVID 101

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EVID 3

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FAMLAW 101

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FAMLAW 406

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LAWREL

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