He teaches and writes in the areas of criminal law, tort law, moral philosophy, and philosophy of law. Before joining the faculty, Prof. Mendlow was a federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney's Office in Detroit, handling trial-level cases involving guns, drugs, fraud, theft, and counterfeiting. He still serves in that office as a special assistant U.S. attorney, briefing and arguing criminal appeals on behalf of the United States. He previously served as a law clerk to Justice Richard N. Palmer of the Connecticut Supreme Court and as a postdoctoral associate in law and philosophy at Yale University.Prof. Mendlow holds a JD from Yale Law School, a PhD in philosophy from Princeton University, and an AB in social studies from Harvard College. He is a member of the Connecticut bar.