Educator
Shaping the next generation
of public interest lawyers.
Valena Beety has taught criminal law, evidence, and forensic justice at three law schools for over a decade. Her classroom is an extension of her advocacy — and her students go on to do the work.
Curriculum Vitae
2023 – Present
Robert H. McKinney Professor of Law
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
2019 – 2023
Professor of Law / Affiliated Faculty, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
2017 – 2019
Professor of Law (tenured) / Adjunct, Forensic & Investigative Sciences
West Virginia University
2012 – 2017
Associate Professor of Law
West Virginia University