Brian Farrell, a law professor at the University of Iowa, will give a lecture on “The Innocence Project: How Science is Impacting Criminal Justice” at Morningside College at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, in the Weikert Auditorium in Buhler Rohlfs Hall.

Brian Farrell, a law professor at the University of Iowa, will give a lecture on “The Innocence Project: How Science is Impacting Criminal Justice” at Morningside College at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, in the Weikert Auditorium in Buhler Rohlfs Hall, 1701 Morningside Ave.  

The lecture is free and open to the public.

Farrell is a lecturer in law and human rights, director of the Citizen Lawyer Program, and associate director of the Center for Human Rights at the University of Iowa College of Law. He is also an adjunct lecturer at the National University of Ireland Galway and co-founder and board member of the Innocence Project of Iowa, an all-volunteer nonprofit dedicated to preventing and remedying wrongful convictions. 

He received his bachelor’s degree from St. Ambrose University, law degree from the University of Iowa, and master’s degree and Ph.D. in international human rights law from the National University of Ireland Galway.  He practiced law in Iowa and Georgia, focusing on criminal defense, appeals and post-conviction relief.

In 2012, Farrell was named a Fulbright Scholar by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. He taught at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski in Bulgaria. He teaches international law, human rights and criminal law courses and is the author of over 20 publications on international law, human rights, criminal law and legal education. His book “Habeas Corpus in International Law” was published in 2017 by Cambridge University Press.