Clinical Assistant Professor;
E-mail: psmoreno@wisc.edu
Office: UW Law School, 4315C
Education:
JD with honors, University of Washington, 2008
MS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2002
BA, Northwestern University, 1996
Teaching Areas:
Criminal Law
Research Interests:
Wrongful convictions, forensic science, internet privacy
Biography
Peter Moreno is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Law School's Remington Center and teaches students in the Wisconsin Innocence Project. He is Co-Chair of the Police and Prosecutor Relations Committee of the Wisconsin Innocence Project Advisory Board. He recently helped secure over $1 million in federal grant funding to support the Wisconsin Innocence Project's continuing mission to correct and prevent wrongful convictions.
He has co-authored Innocence Network amicus briefs for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court regarding the use of forensic science and medical testimony in criminal proceedings. His research focuses on the admission of forensic reporting at trial, levels of certainty in forensic conclusions, and expectations of privacy in online communications.
