At the time of the Colloquium, Michael McConville was the Walter Meyer Research Professor, New York University School of Law. Along with Professor Chester Mirsky, he conducted a year-long study of criminal defense systems for the indigent in New York City, entitled “Defense of the Poor in New York City: An Evaluation.” Professor McConville is currently a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Birmingham. He has written extensively about the English criminal justice system. His previously published Courts, Prosecution, and Conviction (1981), which he co-authored with James Baldwin.