Courses Offered:

Criminal Procedure I
English Legal History
Postconviction Relief
Habeas Corpus
Criminal Procedure Seminar

Representative Publications:

• Federal Postconviction Remedies and Relief Handbook, 5th ed. (Thomson/West 2007-2008). 
  
• State Postconviction Remedies and Relief Handbook, 3d ed. (Thomson/West 2007-2008) (3 vols.).
• "Habeas Corpse: The Great Writ Hit" (2006)
  
• "The Writ of Habeas Corpus" in 2 Legal Systems of the World:  A Political, Social and Cultural Encyclopedia 645 (Herbert M. Kritzer ed.) (ABC-CLIO 2002).
  
• "The Writ of Habeas Corpus in Georgia", 12 Ga. B.J. 20 (Feb. 2007).
  
• ... more
  

Professional Biographical Information:

Donald E. Wilkes, Jr. has been a law professor at the University of Georgia School of Law since 1971.

Professor Wilkes is the author of over 200 published scholarly works, including 5 books (which have gone through a total of 9 second or subsequent editions), 2 book chapters, 10 law review articles, 1 bar journal article, 20 book supplements, and over 140 scholarly articles in magazines, newspapers, and professional journals. One of Prof. Wilkes' books is a 3-volume treatise over 4,800 pages long. Another is a 2-volume treatise nearly 1,600 pages long.

From 1969 to 1971 Professor Wilkes was a law clerk to the Hon. Ben Krentzman, United States District Judge in the Tampa Division of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. From 1975 to 1976 Professor Wilkes was a Fellow in Law and the Humanities at Harvard University.

Professor Wilkes is a nationally recognized authority in the fields of criminal procedure, capital punishment, and postconviction remedies. Professor Wilkes is one of the leading authorities in the world on the writ of habeas corpus, and in London, England has engaged in extensive research on the history of the writ at such research facilities as the British Library, the Public Record Office (recently renamed the National Archives), the University of London, the House of Lords Record Office (recently renamed the Parliamentary Archives), the Institute of Historical Research, and the Royal Historical Society.

Professor Wilkes also has spent time in Paris, France engaged in historical research on the renowned Dreyfus Affair, teaches a seminar on the Dreyfus Affair, and has published 4 scholarly articles on the Affair.

Professor Wilkes is the author of the seminal law review articles, The New Federalism in Criminal Procedure: State Court Evasion of the Burger Court, 62 Ky. L.J. 421 (1974), and First Things Last: Amendomania and State Bills of Rights, 54 Miss. L.J. 223 (1984).

With Matthew Kramer, in 1997 Professor Wilkes created the leading website on the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

Professor Wilkes has been a member of the State Bar of Georgia and licensed to practice law in Georgia and in various federal courts since 1972.

Professor Wilkes was born in Daytona Beach, Florida on July 30, 1944.

Magazine, Newspaper, and Professional Journal Articles by Prof. Wilkes Online:
Criminal Procedure Articles
Historical Articles
JFK Assassination Articles
Other Assassination Articles