Military Criminal Justice: Practice and Procedure

David A. Schlueter is the Hardy Chair Emeritus and Professor of Law at St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas. Professor Schlueter teaches evidence and trial advocacy and has served as both criminal trial and appellate counsel. He has authored, co-authored, or edited 12 books on procedure and evidence, including the Texas Rules of Evidence Manual and the Texas Rules of Evidence Trial Book. His writings have been cited frequently by state and federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States, and legal commentators. Before joining the faculty at St. Mary's in 1983, he served on active duty as an Army JAGC and for two years as an in-house legal counsel for the Supreme Court of the United States. He is a fellow in the American Law Institute and a Life Fellow in the American Bar Foundation. From 1988 until 2005, he served as the Reporter for the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Advisory Committee.

Lisa M. Schenck is Associate Dean for National Security, Cybersecurity, and Foreign Relations Law and a Distinguished Professorial Lecturer and teaches Military Justice at the George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC. She has served as a military trial counsel, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, chief of Military Justice, assistant professor as the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, and associate and senior military appellate judge, as well as associate and chief judge of the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review (a position she currently holds). As a judge on the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals for nearly six years, she participated in reviewing over 1,700 criminal cases and served as the lead judge in over 790 criminal cases, authoring numerous judicial opinions. She has authored and co-authored numerous articles on military justice. She has served on numerous Departments of Defense (DOD), Army, Navy, and Air Force panels tasked with studying the military justice system, including the DOD U.C.M.J. Code Committee. She is also the Honorary Colonel of the Regiment for the Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Before joining GW Law, she served on active duty for twenty-five years, as an Army Signal Officer and then JAG. She holds a J.S.D. and LL.M. from Yale Law School, an LL.M. from The Judge Advocate General’s Legal School and Center, a J.D. from Notre Dame Law School, an M.P.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and an LL.D. (honorary) and B.A. from Providence College.