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Benjamin J. Priester serves as Associate Dean for Accreditation & Online Programs and Professor of Law at St. Thomas University College of Law, with over twenty years of experience teaching criminal law, constitutional law, civil procedure, and specialized electives. Previously, he held faculty positions at Florida A&M University College of Law, Florida State University College of Law, and Florida Coastal School of Law, where he served as Associate Dean of Faculty Development.
His educational background includes:
- A.B., Harvard University
- J.D., Duke University School of Law (summa cum laude)
Professor Priester's research centers on constitutional criminal procedure, examining constitutional constraints on judicial factfinding in sentencing and Fourth Amendment search and seizure doctrines. His interdisciplinary critiques of originalist constitutional interpretation offer unique perspectives in legal scholarship, with a 2011 Santa Clara Law Review article cited by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in the Supreme Court's 2024 Erlinger v. United States decision.
Prior to academia, he clerked for Judge Susan H. Black of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and practiced law at Ropes & Gray in Washington, D.C., bringing practical legal experience to his scholarship and teaching.
