Roger Groot

Roger Douglas Groot

Groot is the Class of 1975 Alumni Professor of Law at Washington & Lee University School of Law in Lexington Virginia, where he has taught since 1973. He is an expert in criminal law and procedure, and the death penalty. Groot has been appointed counsel in several Virginia capital cases, appointed as defense legal analyst in federal death penalty cases, and consulted in several hundred capital cases. Professor Groot earned his B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University in 1963, and his J.D. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1971.

Groot has authored many law review articles on criminal law/procedure topics, especially the early history of trial by jury.

Professor Groot regularly lectures at death penalty CLE programs, and is a member of the faculty, Virginia Death Penalty College. Groot is a frequent speaker to bar groups and specialty bars such as the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and the Virginia College of Criminal Defense Attorneys.

Professor Groot is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Order of the Coif, a member of the Board of Governors of the Virginia Bar Association, and a Fellow, Virginia law Foundation.