Mary Kreiner Ramirez
Publications
Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
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"Criminal Affirmance: Going Beyond the Deterrence Paradigm to Examine the Social Meaning of Declining Prosecution of Elite Crime," 45 Connecticut Law Review ___ (forthcoming 2012).
"Prioritizing Justice: Combating Corporate Crime from Task Force to Top Priority," 93 Marquette Law Review 971 (2010).
"Into the Twilight Zone: Informing Judicial Discretion in Federal Sentencing," 57 Drake Law Review 591 (2009).
"Blowing the Whistle on Whistleblower Protection: A Tale of Reform Versus Power," 76 University of Cincinnati Law Review 183 (2007). [562 KB PDF]
"The Science-Fiction of Corporate Criminal Liability: Containing the Machine Through the Corporate Death Penalty," 47 Arizona Law Review 993 (2005). [9.5 MB PDF]
"Just in Crime: Guiding Economic Crime Reform After the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002," 34 Loyola University Chicago Law Journal 359 (Winter 2003). [8.7 MB PDF]
Other Publications
"Enron & The New Paradigm of Economic Crime," 40 The Circuit Rider 4 (Fall/Winter 2002) (Washburn University School of Law alumni magazine).
Media
Quoted, "Ticket case’s legal aspects unclear," Lawrence Journal-World (February 22, 2012).
"Criminal Affirmance: Going Beyond the Detterence Paradigm to Examine the Social Meaning of Declining Prosecution of Elite Crime," Citizen Warriors, WSBR Radio South Florida 740AM, February 19, 2011.
Presentations
Reader/Responder, "Police Efficiency and the Fourth Amendment," LatCrit XVI: The Sixteenth Annual LatCrit Conference, San Diego, California, October 8, 2011.
Panelist, "Street Law," Center for Excellence in Acovcacy, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, October 21, 2009.
"Combating Corporate Crime: From Task Force to Top Priority," Faculty Development Presentation, DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, March 4, 2009.
"Prioritizing Justice: Combating Corporate Crime from Task Force to Top Priority," Faculty Scholarship Development Workshop, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, Dec. 1, 2008.
"Federal Sentencing," U.S. Attorney’s Citizen’s Academy, U.S. Federal Courthouse, Topeka, Kansas, November 12, 2008.
"Does Justice Blink? Training Judicial Discretion," Northern Kentucky University, Chase College of Law, Faculty Development Workshop (April 14, 2008).
"Federal Sentencing," United States Attorney's Citizens Academy, Frank Carlson Federal Courthouse, Topeka, Kansas (November 2007).
"Recent Developments in Whistle-Blower Protection," Recent Developments in the Law, 2005 (Washburn University School of Law CLE).
"The Science-Fiction of Corporate Criminal Liability: Containing the Machine Through the Corporate Death Penalty," Washburn University School of Law School, Faculty Scholarship Seminar, 2004.
Moderator, "Red Hot Issues in White Collar Crime," Enron Three Years Later: A White Collar Crime Scoreboard, 2004 (Washburn University School of Law symposium).
"Recent Reforms Aimed at Achieving Transparency, Improved Ethics and Deterrence in Corporations," Enron Three Years Later: A White Collar Crime Scoreboard, 2004 (Washburn University School of Law symposium, Kansas City, Missouri).
"Guiding Economic Crime Reform," Washburn University School of Law, Faculty Scholarship Seminar, 2003.
Panelist, "Women in the Law, Negotiating Dual Careers," Washburn University School of Law, Women's Legal Forum, 2003.
"Search & Seizure Law in Kansas," Kansas County & District Attorneys Association Conference, 2002.
Moderator, "Death Penalty Forum," Washburn Association of Public Interest Law, Criminal Justice Society, 2002.
"Sentencing White Collar Criminals," Washburn University School of Law, Faculty Scholarship Forum, 2002.
"Prisoner Litigation & the PLRA," Constitutional Torts Issues Seminar, 2000 (Department of Justice, Office of Legal Education).
Workshop Moderator, "Sexual Harassment, Title VII & Bivens Cases," Constitutional Torts Issues Seminar, 2000 (Department of Justice, Office of Legal Education).
"Prisoner Litigation Update," U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Kansas Conference, 2000.
"Inmate Litigation," Constitutional Torts Issues Seminar, 1998 (Department of Justice, Office of Legal Education).
