Steven Lubet Author

Steven Lubet is the Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Memorial Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law and a leading authority on African American resistance to slavery and notable trials in American history. He is the award-winning author of numerous books, including Murder in Tombstone: The Forgotten Trial of Wyatt Earp, Fugitive Justice: Runaways, Rescuers, and Slavery on Trial and John Brown's Spy: The Adventurous Life and Tragic Confession of John E. Cook. Lubet has been an award-winning columnist for the American Lawyer Magazine, a commentator on NPR's Morning Edition, and the author of many op-ed pieces in national newspapers and on Slate.com and Salon.com.