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Jimmy Gurulé

Professor of Law

Office Number: 2119 Eck Hall of Law
Telephone: 574.631.5917
Fax: 574.631.4197
Email: Jimmy.Gurule.1@nd.edu
Staff Assistant: Layla Krog

Jimmy Gurulé, an internationally known expert in the field of international criminal law, specifically, terrorism, terrorist financing, and anti-money laundering, joined the Notre Dame Law School faculty in 1989, and in 1996 became a full professor. He served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in 1998-1999. He earned his B.A. from the University of Utah in 1974, and his J.D. from the University of Utah College of Law in 1980. A member of the Utah State Bar since 1980, Professor Gurulé has worked in a variety of high-profile public law enforcement positions including as Under Secretary for Enforcement, U.S. Department of the Treasury (2001-2003), where he had oversight responsibilities for the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Customs Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC); Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice (1990-1992); and Assistant U.S. Attorney, where he served as Deputy Chief of the Major Narcotics Section of the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney’s Office (1985-1989). Among his many successes in law enforcement, Professor Gurulé was instrumental in developing and implementing the U.S. Treasury Department’s global strategy to combat terrorist financing, and engineered the conviction of those responsible for torturing and brutally murdering a Drug Enforcement Administration special agent in Mexico.

Professor Gurulé concentrates his teaching and scholarship in the areas of criminal law, teaching courses in international criminal law, white collar crime, terrorism law, and criminal and forensic evidence. Most recently, he published Unfunding Terror: The Legal Response to the Financing of Global Terrorism (Edward Elgar Publ. 2008) and co-authored International Criminal Law (Carolina Academic Press) (3d ed. 2007). The third edition of Criminal and Forensic Evidence (LexisNexis) is forthcoming in August 2009.

An internationally recognized expert in the fields of terrorist financing and anti-money laundering, he has delivered lectures on these subjects before: the Italian Banker’s Association, Milan, Italy; Military Center for Strategic Studies, Rome, Italy; Austrian Defense Academy, Vienna, Austria; Euroforum, Madrid, Spain; World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland; Indian Banker’s Association, Calcutta, India; Institute for International Bankers, New York City, and Comandancia de la Policia Nacional, Asuncion, Paraguay.

Professor Gurulé is a member of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Committee on Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions, American Law Institute, Advisory Board on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing, Booz Allen Hamilton, Advisory Board of GlobeFunders, and Faculty Advisory Board of Center for Civil and Human Rights, Notre Dame Law School.

Professor Gurulé is a prominent member of the Hispanic legal community, having served as President of the Hispanic National Bar Association in 1989 and received the Graciela Olivarez Award in 2006. He also serves as the faculty advisor to the Hispanic Law Student Association, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Hispanic Alliance for Progress and Notre Dame Institute for Latino Studies. He was selected as one of the “100 Most Influential Hispanics” by Hispanic Business in 2002, 1990, 1989, and 1987.

Watch the Notre Dame Fighting for Justice video featuring Professor Gurulé. He was the subject of a faculty profile broadcasted nationwide during half-time of the September 27, 2008 Notre Dame v. Purdue football game. He was one of six faculty profiles aired during the course of the season.

In the News

LAW60302, Criminal Law

LAW70205, Criminal and Scientific Evidence

LAW70316, Complex Criminal Litigation

LAW70363, White Collar Crime

LAW70403, International Criminal Law

LAW70434, Law of Terrorism

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International Criminal Law

Faculty Expertise Areas

  • Criminal law and procedure
  • International criminal law
  • Law of Terrorism
  • White collar crime

Books

Unfunding Terror: The Legal Response to the Financing of Global Terrorism (Edward Elgar Publ 2008).

International Criminal Law: Cases and Materials, with Paust, Bassiouni, Scharf, Sadat & Zagaris (Carolina Academic Press, 3d ed. 2007).

Human Rights Module: On Crimes Against Humanity, Genocide, Other Crimes Against Human Rights, and War Crimes (Carolina Academic Press 2006).

International Criminal Law Documents Supplement, with Paust, Bassiouni, Scharf, Sadat & Zagaris (Carolina Academic Press, 3d ed. 2006).

The Law of Asset Forfeiture, with S. Guerra-Thompson and M. O’Hear (LexisNexis, 2d ed. 2004).

Criminal and Scientific Evidence: Cases, Materials and Problems, with R.J. Goodwin, and Teacher’s Manual, 2nd Edition (LexisNexis 2002).

Complex Criminal Litigation: Prosecuting Drug Enterprises and Organized Crime (Lexis Law Publishing, 2d ed. 2000).

Book Segments

Evaluating Progress in the Global War on Terrorist Financing in How to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, (Richard Pratt ed., 2005).

Articles

Professor Gurulé has published numerous articles pertaining to criminal law, including:

The Demise of the U.N. Economic Sanctions Regime to Deprive Terrorists of Funding, Case W. Res. J. Int’l L. (forthcoming Spring 2009).

Does “Proceeds” Really Mean “Net Profits”? The Supreme Court’s Efforts to Diminish the Utility of the Federal Money Laundering Statute, Ave Maria L. Rev. (forthcoming Spring 2009).

Who Is Winning the War on Terror Financing?, 10:2 The Financial Regulator 25 (2005).

Unfunding Terror – Perspectives on Unfunding Terror, 17 Transnational Lawyer 113 (2004) (symposium);

U.S. Opposition to the 1998 Rome Statute Creating an International Criminal Court: Is the Court’s Jurisdiction Truly Complementary to National Criminal Jurisdictions?, 35 Cornell Int’l Law Journal 1 (2002)

The 1988 U.N. Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances – A Ten year Perspective: Is International Cooperation Merely Illusory?, 22 Fordham Int’l Law Journal 74 (1998)

The Ancient Roots of Modern Forfeiture Law, 21 Notre Dame Journal of Legislation 155 (1995).

The Money Laundering Control Act of 1986: Creating a New Federal Offense or Merely Affording Federal Prosecutors an Alternative Means of Punishing Specified Unlawful Activity? 32 American Criminal Law Review 823 (1995).

Terrorism, Territorial Sovereignty, and the Forcible Apprehension of International Criminals Abroad, 17 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 457 (1994).

Other Publications

The International Criminal Court: Complementarity with National Criminal Jurisdiction, 33 Amicus Curiae 21, Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies (2001);

The Right to a Fair Trial, 28 European Commission for Democracy Through Law 95 (2000);

Does the CCE Statute Require Juror Unanimity on the Specific Predicate Drug Offense?, 5 Preview of U.S. Supreme Court Cases 251 (1999);

“Justice Delayed is Justice Denied”: May a Prisoner’s Challenge to Parole Revocation Be Delayed Until the Sentence Is Completed and Then Dismissed as Moot?, 2 Preview of U.S. Supreme Court Cases 106 (1997);

The Double Jeopardy Dilemma: Does Criminal Prosecution and Civil Forfeiture in Separate Proceedings Violate the Double Jeopardy Clause?, 7 Preview of U.S. Supreme Court Cases 325 (1996);

Cooperating with the Prosecutor: How Many Motions Does It Take to Secure a Sentence That Is Less Than the Mandatory Minimum Provided By Statute?, 5 Preview of U.S. Supreme Court Cases 242 (1996); and

Multiple Punishment for Similar Crimes: Is the Double Jeopardy Clause Violated?, 3 Preview of U.S. Supreme Court Cases 104 (1995).