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Wesley M. Oliver is a Professor of Law and holds the Marie-Clement Rodier, C.Sp. Endowed Chair at Duquesne University's Thomas R. Kline School of Law. He serves as Director of the Law and Computing Program. His expertise spans criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence law, and legal history, with notable work on Prohibition-era policing and the intersection of technology in law enforcement. Oliver’s research includes developing an AI tool to assess police suspicion during drug interdiction stops and a historical analysis of Kemper County, Mississippi’s racial violence. He earned a J.S.D. and LL.M. from Yale Law School and J.D./B.A. degrees from the University of Virginia.
- Education: J.S.D. and LL.M. (Yale University), J.D. and B.A. (University of Virginia)
- Research Focus: Criminal procedure history, technology in legal processes, civil rights history, and evidence admissibility
Oliver’s publications critically examine historical legal frameworks influencing modern criminal justice, such as the exclusionary rule’s origins during Prohibition and the evolution of probable cause standards. He has presented internationally on AI applications in policing and legal decision-making. His work bridges historical legal scholarship with contemporary issues like algorithmic bias and wrongful convictions.
Notable contributions include The Prohibition Era and Policing: A Legacy of Misregulation (2018), analyzing how Prohibition shaped judicial limits on police power, and recent AI-driven projects addressing suspicion assessment in law enforcement. Oliver is licensed in Tennessee and previously practiced criminal defense in Nashville.
