Advisory Board
David Rudovsky
David Rudovsky is a founding partner in the Philadelphia law firm
of Kairys, Rudovsky, Epstein & Messing, LLP. He specializes
in civil rights, civil liberties, and criminal defense litigation.
Since 1987, he has been a Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania
Law School where he teaches courses in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure,
Evidence, and Civil Rights.
Rudovsky has argued two civil liberties cases before the U.S. Supreme
Court, Forsyth v. Mitchell (government wiretapping) and City
of Canton v. Harris (municipal liability of failure to properly
train police). He has written several books regarding criminal
procedure and civil liberties: Police Misconduct: Law and Litigation; The
Law of Arrest, Search and Seizure in Pennsylvania; Criminal
Law in Pennsylvania; Law and Commentary; and The Rights
of Prisoners. He has also published scholarly articles
on government immunity, racial profiling, and the criminal justice
system.
In 1986, Rudovsky received a MacArthur Fellowship for work in criminal
justice and civil liberties.
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