The University of Texas at Austin   School of Law

Education

• JD Yale
• BA Williams College

Areas of Specialty

• Criminal Law
• Evidence
• Professional Responsibility

A member of the University's Academy of Distinguished Teachers, Steve Goode teaches Evidence, Criminal Law, and Professional Responsibility. He served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 1998 to 2006 and as Dean ad interim in 2006.

Goode is the author of several books on the law of evidence and served as a reporter to the committees that drafted the Texas rules of evidence. He is currently serves on both the Court of Criminal Appeals' Rules Advisory Committee and the State Bar Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence. He lectures on evidence extensively throughout the state, and teaches frequently at the College of Advanced Judicial Studies of the Texas Center for the Judiciary. He is a Life Fellow of Texas Bar Foundation.

A graduate of Williams College and Yale Law School, Goode practiced law with the Children's Defense Fund in Washington, D.C. before joining the Texas faculty in 1977.

Recent Publications

• Courtroom Evidence Handbook: Student Edition (St. Paul: Thomson Reuters, 2012-2013, 2011-2012; St. Paul: Thomson/West, 2010-2011, 2009-2010, 2008-2009, 2007-2008, 2005-06, 2004-05, 2003; St. Paul: West, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1997, 1995) (with Olin Guy Wellborn III).
• Courtroom Handbook on Federal Evidence (St. Paul: Thomson Reuters, 2011; St. Paul: Thomson/West, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003; St. Paul: West, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995) (with Olin Guy Wellborn III).
• Courtroom Handbook on Texas Evidence (St. Paul: Thomson Reuters, 2011; St. Paul: Thomson/West, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004, 2003; St. Paul: West, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994) (with Olin Guy Wellborn III & M. Michael Sharlot).

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Recent Activities

• Reporter

  2011 – 2011

  U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas

  Reporter for Local Court Civil Rules Revision Committee of the United States District Court, Western District of Texas

• Recent Presentation

  July 15, 2011

  Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Summer Seminar

  “A Geyser of Objections”

• Seminar Presenter

  2011

  Texas Access to Justice Commission Evidence

  Conducted training sessions on hearsay and impeachment at the Texas Access to Justice Commission Evidence Seminar.

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