Alex Kreit
Alex Kreit
Associate Professor of Law
Director, Center for Law & Social Justice
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, cum laude;
B.A., Hampshire College
B.A., Hampshire College
Phone: (619) 961-4265
E-mail: akreit@tjsl.edu
After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Professor Kreit clerked for the Honorable M. Blane Michael on the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He then worked as an associate at Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco where his practice focused on securities and appellate litigation. Professor Kreit's articles have appeared in journals including the American University Law Review, the University of Chicago Legal Forum, the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, and the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal. He is author of a forthcoming casebook on drug abuse and the law, Controlled Substances: Crime, Regulation, and Policy (Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming 2011).
Professor Kreit is actively involved in the community. He is currently President of the San Diego Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society and serves on the Board of Directors of So Say We All, a narrative arts and education organization in San Diego. From 2009 to 2010 he served as Chair of the City of San Diego’s Medical Marijuana Task Force, a position appointed by the San Diego City Council. He has been recognized as one San Diego’s Top Attorneys in the Academic Field by the San Diego Daily Transcript (2009, 2011) and one of “35 under 35” community leaders by the San Diego News Network (2010).
Courses include:
Controlled Substances, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, International Business and White Collar Crime.
Scholarships
BOOKS
Controlled Substances: Crime, Regulation, and Policy, Carolina Academic Press (forthcoming 2012)
ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND ARTICLE-LENGTH WORKS
The Decriminalization Option: Should States Consider Moving from a Criminal to a Civil Drug Court Model?, 2010 U. Chi. Legal F. 299 (2010)
Beyond the Prohibition Debate: Thoughts on Federal Drug Laws in an Age of State Reforms, 13 Chap. L. Rev. 555 (2010)
Making Sense of Facial and As-Applied Challenges, 18 Wm. & Mary Bill Of Rts. J. 657 (2010)
Toward a Public Health Approach to Drug Policy, 3 Advance: The Journal Of The American Constitution Society Issue Groups 43 (2009)
Vicarious Criminal Liability and the Constitutional Dimension of Pinkerton, 57 Am. U. L. Rev. 585 (2008)
Rights, Rules, and Raich, 108 W. Va. L. Rev. 705 (2006)
Raich, Health Care, and the Commerce Clause, 31 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 957 (2005) (with Aaron Marcus) (invited symposium contribution)
Why is Congress Still Regulating Noncommercial Activity?, 28 Harv. J. L. & Pub. Pol'y 169 (2004)
Comment, The Future of Medical Marijuana: Should the States Grow Their Own?, 151 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1787 (2003) (cited in Raich v. Ashcroft, 352 F. 3d 1222. 1237 (9th Cir. 2003) Beam, J. dissenting)
Presentations
The Legal Implications of Proposition 19, Voluntary Committee of Lawyers Forum, San Francisco, CA, August 6, 2010
The Controlled Substances Act After Forty Years, Law & Society Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 29, 2010
Why Hasn't the Record Industry Sued Girl Talk, SXSW 2010, Austin, TX, March 18, 2010
The Secret Agenda of the Facial and As-Applied Challenges Doctrine, Southwest/West Junior Faculty Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, March 15, 2010
The Controlled Substances Act After Forty Years, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 24, 2010
Federalism Implications of Taxing and Regulating Marijuana in CA, University of CA Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, CA, February 22, 2010
Options for Reforming Federal Drug Laws: Moving Beyond the Legalization Debate, Chapman Law Review symposium on Drug War Madness: Policies, Borders, and Corruption, Orange, CA, January 29, 2010
Drug Policy and the Constitution, University of CA San Diego, San Diego, CA, January 12, 2010
Regulating Medical Marijuana in San Diego, Rotary Club of San Diego January 27, 2010; American Constitution Society and San Diego Historical Society, San Diego, CA, September 24, 2009
Medical Marijuana: Patients' Rights and Access, 2009 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, Albuquerque, NM, November 12, 2009
The Economics of Addiction: Should States Consider Drug Decriminalization?, University of Chicago Legal Forum symposium on Crime, Criminal Law, and the Recession, Chicago, IL, October 24, 2009
Medical Marijuana Collectives in CA: Where Does the Law Stand?, Loyola Law American Civil Liberties Union, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA, October 20, 2009
The Nuts and Bolts of CA Medical Marijuana Laws, National Lawyers Guild of San Diego, CA Western School of Law, San Diego, CA, September 17, 2009
From Prohibition to Regulation: Perspectives on Marijuana Policy, American Constitution Society Sacramento Lawyers Chapter Panel Discussion, Sacramento, CA, August 25, 2009
Victims or Villains?: Young People and the War on Drugs in the United States, 5th International Conference on the History of Drugs and Alcohol: The Pathways to Prohibition, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, June 28, 2009
Young People, Race and the Rise of Modern Drug Prohibition, Law & Society Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, May 28, 2009
Drug Testing, Drug-related Speech, and the Constitution, Students for Sensible Drug Policy Midwest Regional Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, April 5, 2009
