A prodigious scholar and lecturer, Carlson has written numerous books on evidence, trial practice and criminal procedure as well as scores of articles in prominent law reviews. He lectures at CLE seminars across the country and frequently leads seminars for judges and lawyers in Georgia. He also informs the public about the law and legal issues through his widely distributed commentary in the media on high-profile cases.

Carlson has litigated numerous trial and appellate cases and has argued appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court. He appeared as one of the trial counsel in Eckerhart v. Hensley, a landmark federal case establishing the right of mental patients to adequate and humane treatment, and was one of the authors of the Federal Bar Association's amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Upjohn Co. v. United States, a major case involving the corporate attorney-client privilege.

Carlson earned his bachelor's degree at Augustana College, his law degree at Northwestern University and his master of laws degree at Georgetown University. He worked as a lawyer and U. S. Commissioner prior to joining the University of Iowa law faculty. He taught at Iowa for eight years before joining the law faculty at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, where he remained until accepting an offer to join UGA.

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