TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 16, 2019

Lucian E. Dervan, associate professor of law and director of criminal justice studies at Belmont University College of Law, has accepted two new appointments with the American Bar Association, the school reports. First, he has been named chair of the ABA Commission on the American Jury. Early next year, the commission will issue a report examining the gradual disappearance of the jury trial in both civil and criminal cases. In addition, he has been named chair of the ABA Criminal Justice Section’s new Plea Bargaining Task Force. Dervan served as chair of the section last year and created the task force to study trends in plea bargaining.