Colleen Cullen

Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic and Associate Professor of Law

515-271-3930
colleen.cullen@drake.edu 

Areas of Expertise

Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Clinical Education and Experiential Learning

Education

JD – Georgetown University Law Center
BA – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Professional Experience

Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic and Assistant Professor of Law since 2024; Lasch Clinical Teaching Fellow, Criminal Defense Clinic, University of Denver Sturm College of Law; Assistant State Public Defender, Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office, Trial Division

Selected Publications

• The Nonexistent Speedy Trial Right, 51 PEPP. L. REV. 661 (2024)
• Note, Mo Money, Fewer Problems: Examining the Effects of Inadequate Funding on Client Outcomes, 30 GEO. J. LEGAL ETHICS 675 (2017)