Full Name	Alkon, Cynthia
University/Affiliation	Texas A&M University School of Law
Title	Professor of Law
Status	Tenured or Tenure-Track Faculty
Professor Type	Doctrinal
ORCID ID	0000-0001-9629-4784
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Criminal Law and Procedure (15) Plea Bargaining (10) Comparative and Foreign Law (7) Law and Society (6) Dispute Resolution (5) Legal Profession (4) Penology (4) Rule of Law (4) Evidence (3) Gender and the Law (3)
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1.

The U.S. Supreme Court's Failure to Fix Plea Bargaining: The Impact of Lafler and Frye [article]

Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Vol. 41, Issue 3 (Spring 2014), pp. 561-622

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

41 Hastings Const. L.Q. 561 (2013-2014)

PathFinder Subjects: Criminal Law and Procedure; Legal Profession; Plea Bargaining; Judges

2.

The Cookie Cutter Syndrome: Legal Reform Assistance under Post-Communist Democratization Programs [article]

Journal of Dispute Resolution, Vol. 2002, Issue 2 (2002), pp. 327-366

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

2002 J. Disp. Resol. 327 (2002)

PathFinder Subjects: Comparative and Foreign Law; Rule of Law; Law and Society; Law Reform; Politics (General)

3.

Hard Bargaining in Plea Bargaining: When Do Prosecutors Cross the Line [article]

Nevada Law Journal, Vol. 17, Issue 2 (Spring 2017), pp. 401-428

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

17 Nev. L.J. 401 (2016-2017)

PathFinder Subjects: Plea Bargaining; Criminal Law and Procedure; Jurisprudence; Sentencing and Punishment; Penology

4.

Bargaining in the Dark: The Need for Transparency and Data in Plea Bargaining [article]

Symposium: Multi-Door Criminal Justice: Examining Hybrids of Non-Adversarial Justice, Part I

New Criminal Law Review, Vol. 22, Issue 4 (Fall 2019), pp. 434-493

Schneider, Andrea Kupfer (Cited 577 times); Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

DOI: 10.1525/nclr.2019.22.4.434

22 New Crim. L. Rev. 434 (2019)

PathFinder Subjects: Criminal Law and Procedure; Dispute Resolution; Comparative and Foreign Law; Plea Bargaining

5.

The Right to Defense Discovery in Plea Bargaining Fifty Years after Brady v. Maryland [article]

New York University Review of Law & Social Change, Vol. 38, Issue 3 (2014), pp. 407-422

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

38 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 407 (2014)

PathFinder Subjects: Plea Bargaining; Criminal Law and Procedure; Evidence

6.

An Overlooked Key to Reversing Mass Incarceration: Reforming the Law to Reduce Prosecutorial Power in Plea Bargaining [article]

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class, Vol. 15, Issue 2 (Fall 2015), pp. 191-208

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

15 U. Md. L.J. Race, Religion, Gender & Class 191 (2015)

PathFinder Subjects: Plea Bargaining; Criminal Law and Procedure; Evidence; Punishment; Penology; Sentencing and Punishment

7.

Plea Bargain Negotiations: Defining Competence beyond Lafler and Frye [article]

American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 53, Issue 2 (Spring 2016), pp. 377-408

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

53 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 377 (2016)

PathFinder Subjects: Legal Profession; Plea Bargaining; Criminal Law and Procedure

8.

Plea Bargaining as a Legal Transplant: A Good Idea for Troubled Criminal Justice Systems [article]

Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, Vol. 19, Issue 2 (Spring 2010), pp. 355-418

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

19 Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 355 (2010-2011)

PathFinder Subjects: Comparative and Foreign Law; Criminal Law and Procedure; Plea Bargaining; Judges; Legal History

9.

Lost in Translation: Can Exporting ADR Harm Rule of Law Development [article]

Symposium

Journal of Dispute Resolution, Vol. 2011, Issue 1 (2011), pp. 165-188

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

2011 J. Disp. Resol. 165 (2011)

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PathFinder Subjects: Comparative and Foreign Law; Rule of Law; Law and Society; Criminal Law and Procedure; Plea Bargaining

10.

The Flawed U.S. Approach to Rule of Law Development [article]

Penn State Law Review, Vol. 117, Issue 3 (Winter 2013), pp. 797-872

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

117 Penn St. L. Rev. 797 (2012-2013)

PathFinder Subjects: Rule of Law; Law and Society; Religion and the Law; Comparative and Foreign Law

11.

Have Problem-Solving Courts Changed the Practice of Law? [article]

Jed D. Melnick Symposium: Innovations in Justice: Experiments in Restorative Justice

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 21, Issue 3 (Spring 2020), pp. 597-624

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

21 Cardozo J. Conflict Resol. 597 (2019-2020)

PathFinder Subjects: Courts; Criminal Law and Procedure; Domestic Relations

12.

The Increased Use of Reconciliation in Criminal Cases in Central Asia: A Sign of Restorative Justice, Reform or Cause for Concern [article]

Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal , Vol. 8, Issue 1 (2007), pp. 41-116

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

8 Pepp. Disp. Resol. L.J. 41 (2007-2008)

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PathFinder Subjects: Comparative and Foreign Law; Criminal Law and Procedure; Restorative Justice; Penology; Human Rights Law

13.

The Lost Promise of Lambert v. California [article]

Warren Court Part 1

Stetson Law Review, Vol. 49, Issue 2 (Winter 2020), pp. 267-288

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

49 Stetson L. Rev. 267 (2019-2020)

PathFinder Subjects: Criminal Law and Procedure; Supreme Court of the United States; Judges; Law and Society

14.

How to Be a Better Plea Bargainer [article]

The Law & Policy of Criminal Justice

Washington University Journal of Law & Policy, Vol. 66, pp. 65-106

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times); Schneider, Andrea Kupfer (Cited 577 times)

66 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol'y 65 (2021)

PathFinder Subjects: Criminal Law and Procedure; Dispute Resolution; Legal Profession

15.

Women Labor Arbitrators: Women Members of the National Academy of Arbitrators Speak about the Barriers of Entry into the Field [article]

Article on Alternative Dispute Resolution

Appalachian Journal of Law, Vol. 6, Issue 2 (Spring 2007), pp. 195-218

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

6 Appalachian J.L. 195 (2006-2007)

PathFinder Subjects: Dispute Resolution; Gender and the Law; Labor Law; Ethics; Evidence

16.

Criminal Court System Failures during COVID-19: An Empirical Study [article]

Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, Vol. 37, Issue 4 (2022), pp. 453-532

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

37 Ohio St. J. on Disp. Resol. 453 (2022)

PathFinder Subjects: Gender and the Law

17.

Making a Deal in Criminal Law [article]

Commentary Symposium: Criminal Law Pedagogy

Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 10, Issue 2 (Spring 2013), pp. 643-646

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

10 Ohio St. J. Crim. L. 643 (2012-2013)

PathFinder Subjects: Criminal Law and Procedure; Gender and the Law; Ethics; Professional Ethics in Law

18.

Our Criminal Legal System: Plagued by Problems and Ripe for Reform: How and Where Dispute Resolution Professional Can Help [article]

Criminal Justice Reform

Dispute Resolution Magazine, Vol. 26, Issue 1 (January 2020), pp. 6-8

Schneider, Andrea Kupfer (Cited 577 times); Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

26 Disp. Resol. Mag. 6 (2020)

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PathFinder Subjects: Criminal Law and Procedure; Dispute Resolution; Plea Bargaining; Comparative and Foreign Law; Law and Society

19.

Bargaining without Bias [article]

Prosecutors, Power, and Justice: Building an Anti-Racist Prosecutorial System

Rutgers University Law Review, Vol. 73, Issue 5 (Summer 2021), pp. 1337-1372

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

73 Rutgers U.L. Rev. 1337 (2020-2021)

PathFinder Subjects: Criminal Law and Procedure; Legal Profession; Sentencing and Punishment; Penology; Plea Bargaining; Law Enforcement; Police

20.

Designing for Justice: Pandemic Lessons for Criminal Courts [article]

Symposium Issue: Is Remote Justice Still Justice?

Stetson Law Review, Vol. 52, Issue 2 (Winter 2022), pp. 185-230

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times)

52 Stetson L. Rev. 185 (2022-2023)

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PathFinder Subjects: Civil Rights, Generally; Politics (General); Dispute Resolution; International Law; International Trade and the Law; Arbitration

21.

A Theory of Interests in the Context of Hybrid Warfare: It's Complex [article]

Symposium

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 24, Issue 3 (2023), pp. 581-616

Alkon, Cynthia (Cited 193 times); Kaufman, Sanda (Cited 5 times)

24 Cardozo J. Conflict Resol. 581 (2022-2023)

PathFinder Subjects: Military Law and Justice; Science, Technology, and the Law; Globalization; Foreign Affairs; National Security; Rule of Law; Law and Society; War

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