| Education:
J.D., Harvard Law School
B.S., University of Arkansas
Professor Lance Cole's teaching and scholarship reflects
his extraordinary public service and private practice
experience. In 2003 and 2004 Professor Cole served
as a legal consultant to the National Commission on
Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, known as
the 9-11 Commission. Prior to joining the Dickinson
faculty, Professor Cole served as the Minority Deputy
Special Counsel to the United States Senate Special
Committee on Whitewater, in 1995 and 1996, and practiced
law in New York and Washington, D.C. with the international
law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton. His research
and teaching interests reflect his considerable practice
experience in white collar criminal defense, securities
regulation law, and government investigations and
prosecutions. While at Penn State Dickinson he has
represented witnesses in two federal Independent Counsel
investigations and assisted the legal team representing
President Clinton in connection with the impeachment
proceedings. Professor Cole's research and teaching
interests include the attorney-client privilege and
the work product doctrine, government regulation of
business entities, legislative practice and procedure,
and white collar crime. His most recent publications
have focused on constitutional and common law privileges
and the government's ability to overcome those privileges
and compel disclosure of information from private
individuals and business entities. Professor Cole
teaches courses on business entities, legal ethics
for business lawyers, federal securities regulation,
and white collar crime. Professor Cole also serves
as the co-director of the law school's Semester in
Washington Program.
Contact Information:
Email:
lxc24@psu.edu
Phone: (717) 240-5215
Selected Publications:
| Books and Book Chapters |
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Congressional Investigations: Cases and Materials (Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming 2008) (co-authored with Stanley M. Brand).
“Confidentiality,” in Foundations of the Law and Ethics of Lawyering (George M. Cohen & Susan P. Koniak, eds., Foundation Press, 2004).
The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (W. H. Norton & Company, 2004) (contributing staff member).
“Law Enforcement, Counterterrorism, and Intelligence Collection in the United States Prior to 9/11” (co-authored) and “Reforming Law Enforcement, Counterterrorism, and Intelligence Collection Inside the United States” (co-authored), in The 9/11 Investigation (Steven Strasser, ed., Public Affairs, 2004). |
| Articles and Essays |
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“Special National Investigative Commissions: Essential Powers and Procedures," McGeorge Law Review (forthcoming 2009).
“U.S. Government Cooperation Policies: Encouraging Cooperation or Coercing Capitulation?,” EU Financial Services Regulation: Completing the Internal Market, Academy of European Law (ERA publication 206R08, Oct. 2006).
“Reexamining the Collective Entity Doctrine in the New Era of Limited Liability Entities — Should Business Entities Have a Fifth Amendment Privilege?,” Columbia Business Law Review (2005).
“How to Watch the Watchers,” The New York Times (September 7, 2004) (op-ed piece co-authored with Richard Ben-Veniste).
"Corporate Criminal Liability in the 21st Century: A New Era?," South Texas Law Review (Winter 2003).
"Revoking Our Privileges: Federal Law Enforcement's Multi-Front Assault on the Attorney-Client Privilege (And Why It Is Misguided)," Villanova Law Review (2003).
"The Fifth Amendment and Compelled Production of Personal Documents After United States v. Hubbell — New Protection for Private Papers?," American Journal of Criminal Law (2002).
"Limited Liability Entities and the Fifth Amendment," Limited Liability Company Reporter (2000).
"Prosecutorial Misuse of the Federal Conspiracy Statute in Election Law Cases," Yale Law & Policy Review (2000) (with Ross Nabatoff).
“The Government-Client Privilege after Office of the President v. Office of the Independent Counsel,” The Journal of the Legal Profession (1998).
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