Elizabeth Boals
Assistant Director, Trial Practice Program
Office: Room 353
Phone: 202-274-4073
E-mail: eboals@wcl.american.edu
Elizabeth Boals became the Assistant Director of the Trial Advocacy Program in 2005. Her areas of specialization include: Criminal and Civil Trial Advocacy, Criminal Law and Procedure, and Evidence. Before joining the faculty at WCL, Professor Boals defended the U.S. Department of Commerce on alleged violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Rehabilitation Act. She was a partner at Lay, Ippolito & Dillard, PLLC, and, prior to that, an attorney at Zwerdling, Paul, Leibig, Kahn, Thompson & Wolly, P.C. She began her legal career as an assistant public defender in the Office of the Public Defender in Alexandria, Virginia. Professor Boals is a National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) Advocacy Program faculty member and has lectured at Maryland and Virginia Coalitions of Police Conferences; Virginia Public Defenders’ Boot Camp for New Lawyers; Alexandria Inmate Outreach Program; and Alexandria Community Corrections Program. She recently authored a NITA case file, focusing on trial issues in a gang murder context.
Currently Teaching
Areas of Specialization
- Criminal Law and Procedure
- Criminal and Civil Trial Advocacy
Degrees & Universities
- J.D., George Mason University School of Law
- B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Selected Publications
- Elizabeth Boals, State v. Sanchez and Buentello: Casefile and Teaching Manual (NITA 2007).
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Selected Presentations- Elizabeth Boals, Faculty, Annual Georgetown CLE/NITA Intensive Session in Trial Advocacy Skills (Wash., D.C., June 2006 & June 2007).
- Elizabeth Boals, Panelist, Trends in Criminal Law (American University Washington College of Law, Wash., D.C., Mar. 2006).
- Elizabeth Boals, Panelist, Careers in Public Interest (American University Washington College of Law, Wash., D.C., Feb. 2006).
- Elizabeth Boals, Presentation, Virginia Coalition of Police Conference (Virginia Beach, Va., May 2001).
- Elizabeth Boals, Presentation, Maryland Coalition of Police Conference (Kent Narrows, Md., July 2000 & June 2001).
- Elizabeth Boals, Organizer & Presenter, Boot Camp For New Lawyers CLE (Fairfax, Va., May 1998 - June 2000).
- Elizabeth Boals, Organizer & Presenter, Inmate Outreach Program (Alexandria, Va., May 1998 - Nov. 1999).
- Elizabeth Boals, Presentation, Community Corrections CLE (Alexandria, Va., Mar. 1998 - July 2000).
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Selected Media Appearances
- FOX Morning News, "The Jena 6" (WTTG-FOX Sept. 25, 2007) (Television Interview).
- Russia Today, "People v. Hans Reiser" (TV-Novosti June 11, 2007) (Television Interview).