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David Post, a Temple Law Professor, is one of the nation's leading experts on the law of cyberspace. He is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Cyberspace Law Institute, ICANNWatch, and Disputes.org. His is a prolific author, publishing in the Stanford Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Vanderbilt Law Review, Journal of Online Law and other legal journals; in addition, he writes a monthly column on law and technology for Information Week ("On the Horizon"). He has appeared as a commentator on the law of the Internet on such programs as the Lehrer News Hour, Morning Edition, PBS' "Life on the Internet" series, All Things Considered, and Court TV's Supreme Court Preview. He was a member of the American Bar Association's delegation on Constitutional Reform in Armenia in 1992, and has lectured on intellectual property and cyberlaw issues around the world, including China, England, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, and Canada.

Professor Mark Rahdert has been a member of the Law Faculty since 1984. He served as I. Herman Stern Professor of Law from 1995-1998 and as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 1999-2003. He was law clerk to Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun of the United States Supreme Court (1979-80) and Judge Murray I. Gurfein of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1978-79). He is a 1978 graduate of Yale Law School, where he was Note Editor for the Yale Law Journal. During the Summer of 2004 he taught Comparative Constitutional Law at Temple’s Summer Session Abroad in Rome, Italy. His teaching interests also include Constitutional Law, Products Liability, Insurance, Freedom of Religion, Federal Jurisdiction, and Federal American Indian Law. Professor Rahdert is frequently called on by the local and national media to comment on topics concerning Constitutional Law, particularly First Amendment issues, and on issues surrounding recent Supreme Court nominations and decisions.

Since joining the Temple Law Faculty, Professor Rahdert has served as a member of the Admissions Committee, advisor to the Temple Law Review and Moot Court, and an advisor to students seeking judicial clerkships. He has presented a paper on Governmental Tort Liability and Immunity for an International Torts Symposium at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China; spoke on The War Power Implications of Military Action in Iraq for the Temple Institute for International Law and Public Policy; and has been a frequent speaker and panelist both locally and nationally, particularly on issues involving constitutional law. From 1980 to 1984 Professor Rahdert was an Associate at the Philadelphia firm of Dechert Price & Rhoads. He is a 1974 summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard University, where he was a National Merit Scholar.

Professor Robert J. Reinstein is Dean of Temple Law School and a Vice President of the University. Dean Reinstein has been a leader in international legal education, spearheading Temple's establishment of a semester-abroad program in Tokyo, Japan and LL.M. program in Beijing, China. In September 2002, the Premier of China presented Dean Reinstein with the 2002 National Friendship Award from the Government of China. The award is the most prestigious distinction in China, and is annually presented to distinguished foreign scholars, experts, professors and world leaders. Reinstein was the first American law professor or dean to receive this honor. A member of the Temple faculty since 1969, Dean Reinstein teaches in the areas of constitutional law, political and civil rights, employment discrimination, federal jurisdiction and jurisprudence.
Professor Richardson teaches in the areas of international law, constitutional law and foreign policy, international trade and investment policy, and international human rights. His scholarship on international law and development questions in Africa, questions arising from the anti-apartheid movement relative to South Africa, international protection of human rights, self determination, international law and African-American, and the interpretation of international law through critical race theory has appeared in the American Journal of International Law and other leading journals. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a past vice president and honorary vice president of the American Society of International Law, a founding member of both the National Conference of Black Lawyers and the Project on the Advancement of African-Americans in International Law. From 1977-79 he served on the National Security Council Staff in charge of African Policy and United Nations issues in President Carter's administration. Professor Richardson was also Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to the Congressional Black Caucus, and an attorney in the Office of General Counsel of the Department of Defense. Professor Richardson is a co-founder of Temple's International and Comparative Law Journal and, in 1999, he was awarded the Friel-Scanlan prize for best faculty scholarship.
Professor Charles Rogovin has published widely on organized and white-collar crime and police management. Among other public-service positions, he has served as Assistant Director of the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice (Director of the Commission's Organized Crime Task Force); Assistant Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Chief, Criminal Division and Director of the Organized Crime Section; and Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration of the United States Department of Justice. He has also been a Fellow of the Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, as well as a visiting professor at Brandeis University. Professor Rogovin frequently travels abroad to lecture on criminal law issues.