B. K. Kempinen

University of Wisconsin Law School - Retired

B. K. Kempinen is a cum laude graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School and taught at the Law
School from 1976 until his retirement in January of 2018. In addition to teaching the first-year criminal law
curriculum and a number of related courses (Trial Advocacy, Professional Responsibilities, and Advanced
Substantive Criminal Law), Prof. Kempinen was involved in several of the Law School's clinical programs,
including serving as interim director of the Legal Defense Project; working as a supervising attorney in the
Frank J. Remington Center's Legal Assistance to Institutionalized Persons Project (LAIP); and, from 1990
until his retirement, acting as director of the Remington Center's Prosecution Project. Prof. Kempinen has
also been involved in both trial and appellate litigation in the criminal law area, has taught at the National
Institute of Trial Advocacy, has participated in a variety of conferences and continuing legal education
programs during the past two decades, served on the Wisconsin Supreme Court Ethics 2000 Committee,
and is the chair of the State Bar Ethics Committee.