Mr. Michael M. Berlin, Esquire
Instructor

Education

University of Maryland, J.D., School of Law, 1979
University of Maryland, Ph.D. candidate, Law Enforcement Policy and Management, current
Johns Hopkins University, B.A. and M.A., Psychology, 1975

 

Work Summary

Professor Berlin is an attorney with more than 15 years experience in private practice and is a former Baltimore Police Officer. In addition, Mr. Berlin has performed extensive legal research and analysis for three National Highway Traffic Safety Administration-sponsored studies on sobriety checkpoint, ignition interlock and automated school bus enforcement. He has extensively researched policing in several major U.S. cities and participated in an educational exchange with police and university officials in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1999-2000. He has addressed many local colleges, universities and police academies on a variety of legal, law enforcement and policy issues.

 

Recent Professional Experience

Director, Criminal Justice Program, Baltimore City Community College.

Member, Mayor?s Police Advisory Council, Baltimore, Maryland.

Faculty member of the Maryland Police Corps at University of Maryland Baltimore County?s Shriver Center since its inception in 1997. Teaches Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law and related subjects to college graduates entering the law enforcement profession.

 

Publications/Papers/Presentations

Mr. Berlin has authored numerous papers and proposed policy documents on topics of law enforcement.