Michael Brennan

Clinical Professor of Law

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mbrennan@law.usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-2527
Fax: (213) 740-5502
Room: 400

Michael Brennan is an authority on the three-strikes law and the death penalty, as well as criminal defense and appeals.

A specialist in clinical legal education, Professor Brennan teaches in the Post-Conviction Justice Project and teaches Trial Advocacy. He was the directing attorney for California Rural Legal Assistance before teaching at USC Law and then Emory University. He also served as deputy Federal Public Defender and as a partner in Balaban, Stern and Brennan before returning to USC Law in 1984.

Professor Brennan received his B.A. and LL.B. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is chair of the Federal Indigent Defense Panel and member of the Federal Bar Association and the Los Angeles County Bar Association (including Judicial Evaluation Commission). He previously consulted for the National Legal Services Training Program and was a member of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.