Attorney Joel Epstein is an independent consultant to other attorneys, colleges, and schools on student safety, premises liability, and risk management. Mr. Epstein is the author of A Parents Guide to Sex, Drugs, and Flunking Out: Answers to the Questions Your College Student Doesnt Want You to Ask (2001), a book on college life. He is also a contributor to the book, Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence (National Academy of Sciences, 2003), and the author of Breaking the Code of Silence: Bystanders to Campus Violence and the Law of College and University Safety (Stetson Law Review, 2002). Mr. Epstein is the former Director of Special Projects and Senior Attorney for the U.S. Department of Educations Higher Education Center, a national resource center on student safety.

Court qualified expert witness in wrongful death and injury cases resulting in millions of dollars in settlements.

California Real Estate Broker

Appearances on CNN, Court TV, Fox News, Inside Edition, WBZ Radio, Newsweek on Air, Associated Press, and National Public Radio; cited in The Boston Globe, BusinessWeek, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, The Miami Herald, Newsday, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, and The Washington Post.

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Lecturer, Education Law and Public Policy (August 2002-present)
Appointment in Higher Education Administration, Lynch Graduate School of Education. http://www2.bc.edu/~epsteijd/

EDUCATION

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY
J.D., 1987. Admitted to practice law in California, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
B.A., History, 1982

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

W. DeJong, J.C. Epstein, and T.E. Hart, "Bad Things Happen in Good Communities: The Rampage Shooting in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, and its Aftermath." Chapter 3 in Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence, M.H. Moore, C.V. Petrie, A.A. Braga, and B.L. McLaughlin, Editors (Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2003). http://books.nap.edu/books/0309084121/html/70.html

"Breaking the Code of Silence: Bystanders to Campus Violence and the Law of College and University Safety." Campus Violence Symposium, 32 Stetson Law Review 91 (Fall 2002). http://www.law.stetson.edu/lawrev/abstracts/PDF/32-1Epstein.pdf

A Parents Guide to Sex, Drugs and Flunking Out Answers to the Questions Your College Student Doesnt Want You to Ask (Center City, MN: Hazelden, September 2001).

P.F. Lake and J.C. Epstein, "Modern Liability Rules and Policies Regarding College Student Alcohol Injuries: Reducing High-Risk Alcohol Use Through Norms of Shared Responsibility and Environmental Management." 53 Oklahoma Law Review 611 (Winter 2000).

J. Epstein and G. Rhodes, "A Discussion About Alcohol and Student Exchange." SAFETI On-Line Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Los Angeles: Center for Global Education, University of Southern California, Spring-Summer 2000). www.usc.edu/dept/education/globaled/safeti/v1n2_rhodes_epstein.html

J. Epstein, "Hate Crimes and Other Criminal Acts." Higher Education Law Bulletin, Vol. VIII, No. 2 (San Diego: College & University Law Press, Summer 2000). http://campussafety.org/information/articles/jepstein01.html

J.C. Epstein, "Sexual Harassment Case Law Update: Implications for College Campuses." Catalyst, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Newton, MA: Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, Winter/Spring 2000).

J.C. Epstein, "Study Abroad Programs: No Respite From the Drug Free Schools and Campuses Act." SAFETI On-Line Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Los Angeles: Center for Global Education, University of Southern California, Fall 1999-Winter 2000). www.usc.edu/dept/education/globaled/safeti/abroad.html

"State Toyed With Assault Weapons Ban." The Boston Globe, December 31, 2000. www.jointogether.org/gv/wire/commentary/reader.jtml?Object_ID=265545

J.C. Epstein, "Problem-Oriented Policing in College Communities." (Newton, MA: Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, June 1999).

"MIT Fraternity Getting Off Easy," Op-Ed, The Boston Globe, November 16, 1998. http://www.fau.edu/student/aod/aod_arch/111698.htm

"State and Local Environmental Enforcement." Chapter 7 in M. Clifford, Editor, Environmental Crime Enforcement, Policy, and Social Responsibility (Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers, Inc., 1998).

J.D. Feins, J.C. Epstein, and R. Widom, "Solving Crime Problems in Residential Neighborhoods: Comprehensive Changes in Design, Management, and Use." Issues and Practices (Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, April 1997). www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/164488.pdf

B. Ward Fletcher and J. Epstein, "AOD Prevention Efforts at Historically Black Colleges and Universities." Catalyst (Newton, MA: Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, Winter 1996). http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/catalst4.htm

M.A.R. Kleiman, J. Epstein, A. Solomon, M.W. Forcier, D.A. Boyum, R. Wilson, and L. Heussler, Criminal Justice in Massachusetts: Putting Crime Control First (Boston: The Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth, October 1996).

D.A. Boyum, J. Epstein, M.A.R. Kleiman, S. Sifre, and R. Wilson, "Understanding and Controlling Homicide in San Juan." Report to the Municipio de San Juan (Cambridge, MA: BOTEC Analysis Corporation, October 1996).

J. Epstein and T.M. Hammett, "Law Enforcement Response to Environmental Crime." Issues and Practices (Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, January 1995).

J. Epstein and S. Langenbahn, "The Criminal Justice and Community Response to Rape." Issues and Practices (Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, May 1994).

T.M. Hammett and J. Epstein, "Local Prosecution of Environmental Crime." Issues and Practices (Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, 1993).