Stephanos Bibas

Stephanos Bibas
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Born	Stephanos Bibas 1969 (age 47–48)
Education	Columbia University (BA) Oxford University (BA, MA) Yale University (JD)

Stephanos Bibas (born 1969) is a professor of law and criminology at the University of Pennsylvania Law School; he is a leading scholar of criminal procedure with expertise in criminal charging, plea bargaining and sentencing. He has been announced as a nominee to be a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. A former federal prosecutor, Bibas examines how procedural rules written for jury trials have unintended consequences when cases involving jury trials are the exception, rather than the rule, with 95 percent of defendants pleading guilty. Bibas also studies the role of substantive goals such as remorse and apology in criminal procedure.

Bibas holds a J.D. from Yale Law School (1994), a B.A. and M.A. in jurisprudence from Oxford University (1991), and a B.A. in political theory summa cum laude from Columbia University (1989).

Bibas was born in New York City and spent his summers growing up working for his father, a Greek immigrant who survived the occupation of Greece during World War II, in his family's restaurants. Starting in high school, he became involved in debate and public speaking. He graduated high school at the age of 15 and entered Columbia University. He continued to develop his debate skills through the Philolexian Society and Parliamentary debate at Columbia University and at Oxford University, where he won the 1st place speaker award in the World Debate Championships. He graduated from Columbia University at the age of 19. At Yale Law School, he joined the moot court and was awarded prizes for the best oralist and best team, and also served as a symposium editor on the Yale Law Journal.

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