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Areas of Expertise:

  • Constitutional Law
  • Criminal Law
  • Evidence
  • Civil Rights
  • First Amendment

Matthew Steffey

 

Professor of Law

 

Education:

  • Columbia University School of Law, New York, NY, LL.M., 1990
  • Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, FL, J.D., 1987
  • University of South Florida, Tampa Bay, FL, 1984

 

Professional Experience:

  • Carlton, Fields 
    Tampa, Florida, 1987-1989 
  • Constitutional Law, Evidence, Criminal Law, Admiralty, Supreme Court Roleplaying, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law Seminar, Externship Program, Appellate Advocacy, and First Amendment.
    • Subcommittee on the Rules of Evidence
    • Subcommittee on the Rules of Appellate Procedure
    • Subcommittee on the Uniform Circuit and County Court Rules
    • Subcommittee on the Uniform Chancery Court Rules. 
  • Reporter, Mississippi Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules (since 1991)
  • Reporter, Mississippi Supreme Court Uniform Criminal Rules Study Committee (since 2005) 
  • Reporter, Mississippi Judicial Advisory Study Committee, Subcommittee on Criminal Code reform (Since 1994. 
  • Reporter, Mississippi Bar Commission on the Courts in the 21st Century (December 1992 to July 1993) 

 

Publications:

  • Foreword, Criminal Law Symposium, 19 MISS. C. L. REV 1 (issue 2) (1999). 
  • Constitutional Fidelity, 19 MISS. C. L. REV. 43 (1998). 
  • Foreword: A Hard Case and an Intractable Problem, 18 MISS. C. L. REV. 1 (1997). 
  • The Establishment Clause and the Lessons of Context, 26 RUTGERS L.J. 775 (1995). 
  • Negligence, Contract, and Architects' Liability for Economic Loss, 82 KY. L.J. 659 (1993). 
  • Foreword: Religious Participation in Public Debate, 14 MISS. C. L. REV. 1 (1993). 
  • Meeting Judicial Needs: An Intermediate Appellate Court for Mississippi, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SURVEY, V. 40, NO. 3 (Spring 1993) (with John D. Winkle III and Amy D. Whitten). 
  • Redefining the Modern Constraints of the Establishment Clause: Separable Principles of Equality, Subsidy, Endorsement, and Church Autonomy, 75 MARQ. L. REV. 903 (1992). 
  • A Report on CUNY's Experiment in Humanistic Legal Education: Adrift toward Mainstream, 59 UMKC L. REV. 155 (1991) (with Paulette Wunsch). 
  • Florida's Economic Loss Rule: A Critical Look at the Cases, 64 FLA. B.J. 19 (May 1990).
  • Manufacturers' or Marketers' Liability for the Criminal Use of Saturday Night Specials: A New Common Law Approach--Kelley v. R.G. Industries, 497 A.2d 1143 (Md. 1985), 14 FLA. ST. U.L. REV. 151 (1986) (student note). 
  • MISSISSIPPI RULES ANNOTATED (The Mississippi Bar, 2002, 2000, 1998 and 1996) (Historical Notes and Annotations for the Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure). 
  • REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON THE COURTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY (Editor) (The Mississippi Bar, July 1, 1993) (a summary of this report appeared in the June/July 1993 issue of The Mississippi Lawyer) (republished at 14 MISS. C. L. REV. 511 (1994)). 

 

Presentations:

  • Supreme Court Review / Preview; Mississippi Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Appellate Court Judges and Attorneys, May 2003-May 2008.
  • "Has the Electoral College Outlived its Usefulness," Southeastern Association of Law Schools Conference, July 2003.
  • Moderator, New Scholars Workshop, Southeastern Assocaition of Law Schools Conference, July 2006.

 

Memberships & Admissions:

  • Florida Bar
  • American Bar Association