The University of Texas at Austin   School of Law

Education

• JD Columbia University
• BA Earlham College

Areas of Specialty

• Civil Rights
• Criminal Law
• Criminal Procedure
• Public Service Lawyering

Jennifer Laurin joined the faculty of the University of Texas School of Law in 2009. Professor Laurin received her undergraduate degree in Politics from Earlham College. In 2003 she earned her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was an Executive Articles Editor of the Columbia Law Review. She served as a law clerk to Judge Thomas Griesa of the Southern District of New York and Judge Guido Calabresi of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and spent several years as a litigation associate with the New York City civil rights firm of Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP (formerly Cochran Neufeld & Scheck, LLP). Professor Laurin's principal research interests lie in the intersections of criminal and constitutional litigation, and regulation of criminal justice institutions.

Recent Activities

• Prosecutorial Oversight in Texas

  March 29, 2012

  University of Texas School of Law

  Moderated a public forum and roundtable discussion on prosecutorial oversight as part of a national tour, Prosecutorial Oversight in the Wake of Connick v. Thompson.

• Delivered Stephanie K. Seymour Lecture in Law,

  February 8, 2012

  University of Tulsa College of Law

• Organized conference on civil rights litigation, "Barriers and Innovations in Civil Rights Litigation Since 9/11: Practical and Theoretical Perspectives," with William Wayne Justice Center

  February 3, 2012

  University of Texas School of Law

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