Scott Ingram, PH.D.
Scott Ingram
Dr. Scott Ingram is an Associate Teaching Professor who teaches in the area of law and courts, including Introduction to Courts, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Evidence, and Criminal Justice and the Law. He received his Ph.D from Indiana University-Bloomington and his law degree from Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to arriving at UNC Charlotte, he taught in the Criminal Justice Department at High Point University. Before starting his teaching career, he served for ten years as a prosecutor in the Circuit Attorney’s Office for the City of St. Louis and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana where he prosecuted a broad range of criminal offenses with a focus on fraud and national security.
His research focuses on the intersection of politics and federal criminal prosecution with particular attention on its historical evolution. In 2023, he published Constitutional Inquisitors: The Origins and Practice of Early Federal Prosecutors with Johns Hopkins University Press. He has also published law review articles about the early use of the pardon power and the appointment of United States Attorneys among other topics. His work has appeared in journals such as the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy, The Journal of National Security Law and Policy, and the British Journal of American Legal Studies. He is currently researching a book about the independence of the Southern District of New York’s United States Attorney’s Office. Each week he publishes a Substack, called Justice Briefs, that analyzes current happenings in federal prosecution.