Professor Barbara E. Bergman teaches evidence/trial practice, advocacy and criminal procedure at the University of New Mexico School of Law. After graduating from Stanford Law School, she clerked for Judge Ben C. Duniway on the Ninth Circuit. She practiced at the D.C. firm of Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering and served as Associate Counsel to President Jimmy Carter. Prior to joining the UNM faculty, she was a staff attorney for five years at the Public Defender Service in the District of Columbia and practiced labor law at Bredhoff & Kaiser.

From 2000 through 2004, Barbara served as co-counsel for Terry Nichols in the Oklahoma state capital trial for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. She currently serves as President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Professor Bergman is a past recipient of the Richard S. Jacobson Award for excellence in the teaching of trial advocacy from the Roscoe Pound Foundation. In addition to her work for The Professional Education Group, Professor Bergman teaches at various National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) programs, including service as a team leader at the NITA National Program in Boulder, Colorado. She has also taught at the National Criminal Defense College and The Institute for Criminal Defense Advocacy.

Bergman is the co-author of the critically acclaimed Everytrial Criminal Defense Resource Book (Thomson West). She is also the editor of the D.C. Criminal Jury Instructions (4th Ed. Rev.). Professor Bergman and Nancy Hollander are the co-authors of the 8-volume 15th edition of Wharton's Criminal Evidence (Thomson West). Currently, she is co-authoring the 14th edition of Wharton’s Criminal Procedure.