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Education:
B.A., J.D., Marquette University
Professor Place joined our faculty in 1974 after
co-founding the first legal services program in Appalachia
and serving as a private practitioner in Kentucky.
An expert in criminal law and procedure, with a scholarly
emphasis on post-conviction procedure, Professor Place
is the author of a widely used and cited book, Pennsylvania
Post Conviction Relief Act – Practice and Procedure.
In addition to his teaching and writing, Professor
Place is very active in the legal profession, serving
on several boards and committees concerned with the
provision of legal services to low-income people and
families and serving as appointed and pro bono counsel
in a variety of cases, including a number of high
profile post-conviction proceedings. Professor Place
also has a strong interest in the First Amendment,
the subject of one of his courses, and, together with
Professor Bob Rains, supervises our Family Law Clinic.
Contact Information:
Email:
tmp5@psu.edu
Phone: (717) 240-5240
Selected Publications:
"Recent Developments in Post Conviction
Relief," Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly,
April 2003.
The Pennsylvania Post Conviction Relief Act —
Practice and Procedure, 3rd ed. 2003.
"Dispatch and Delay: Post Conviction Relief
Act Litigation in Non-Capitol Cases," with Donald
Harris and Kimberly Nieves, Duquesne Law Review,
2003.
"Offensive Speech and the Pennsylvania Disorderly
Conduct Statute," Temple Political & Civil
Rights Law Review, 2002.
"The Claim is Cognizable But the Petition is
Untimely: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's Recent
Collateral Relief Decisions," Temple Political
& Civil Rights Law Review, 2002.
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