Michael O'Shea
Associate Professor of Law
E-mail: Michael O’Shea
Phone: (405) 208-5215
Office Hours:
Wednesdays 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Courses:
Civil Procedure I & II • Evidence
• State Constitutional Law • Firearms Law & Policy
Education:
B.A. magna cum laude, Harvard University; M.A. (Philosophy), University of Pittsburgh; J.D. cum laude, Harvard University
Background:
Professor O’Shea’s research focuses on what might be called the “confrontational” parts of the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights, particularly the Second Amendment, which protects the right to keep and bear arms, and the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment, which protects the right to face-to-face cross-examination in criminal trials. He is also interested in state constitutions and state court approaches to legal interpretation. He serves as the Associate Director of OCU Law’s Center for State Constitutional Law and Government.
Before coming to OCU in 2006, O’Shea practiced commercial litigation with Lathrop & Gage, L.C., in his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, and with Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP in Chicago. He also served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Danny J. Boggs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and to Judge John R. Gibson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
His non-law interests include philosophy, poetry, and the fortunes of the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals.
Publications:
- The Right to Defensive Arms After District of Columbia v. Heller, 111 W. VA. L. REV. 349 (2009).
- Federalism and the Implementation of the Right to Arms, 59 SYRACUSE L. REV. 201 (2008).
- Purposeless Restraints: Fourteenth Amendment Rationality Scrutiny and the Constitutional Review of Prison Sentences, 72 TENN. L. REV. 1041 (2005-06).
- Can Law and Economics Be Both Practical and Principled?, 53 ALA. L. REV. 335 (2002) (with David A. Hoffman).
Address:
OCU School of Law
2501 N. Blackwelder
Oklahoma City, OK 73106