ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF …

JAMELIA N. MORGAN

Assistant Professor of Law UC Irvine School of Law 401 E. Peltason, Suite 4800-U

Irvine, CA 92607 jamelia.morgan@uci.edu

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE, SCHOOL OF LAW, Irvine, CA July 2021-present Assistant Professor of Law Courses: Criminal Law, Critical Race Theory, Disability Law

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF LAW, Hartford, CT 2018?2021 Associate Professor Courses: Criminal Law, Critical Race Theory, Disability Justice, Law of Policing Service: Educational Policy Committee; Faculty Appointments Committee; Faculty Advisor to Black Law Students Association, National Lawyers Guild (UConn student chapter), Campus Democrats, Middle Eastern Law Students Association

YALE LAW SCHOOL, New Haven, CT 2019?present Visiting Assistant Professor and Senior Liman Fellow Affiliate Courses: Imprisoned: From Conception and Construction to Abolition; The Criminal System at a Crossroads

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL, Brooklyn, NY Fall 2020 Visiting Assistant Professor Courses: Criminal Law and Critical Race Theory

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, New York, NY Fall 2020 Adjunct Professor Courses: Beyond Criminal Justice Reform: Abolition Theory and Praxis

EDUCATION

Yale Law School, New Haven, CT,

J.D., 2013

Honors & Awards: Mary A. McCarthy Memorial Fund Recipient

Arthur Liman Public Interest Fellowship Recipient

Activities:

Research Assistant to Professor Reva Siegel

Articles Editor, Yale Journal of Law & Feminism

Student Co-Convener, Liman Public Interest Program Colloquium

Student Attorney, Detention & Human Rights Clinic

Student Attorney, Criminal Defense Clinic

Board Member, Black Law Students Association

Co-Convener, Critical Race Theory Reading Group

-1-

Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

M.A., in Sociology, 2006

Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

B.A., in Political Science, 2006

Honors & Awards: Dean's Award for Academic Excellence (All semesters, 2002-06)

Dean's Community Legacy Award

Donald Strauss Scholarship for Public Service

Activities:

Research Assistant, Office of the Provost Title of Study: Priming the Pipeline: Understanding the Obstacles and Incentives for Considering an Academic Career

LEGAL PUBLICATIONS

Disability's Fourth Amendment, 122 COLUM. L. REV. (forthcoming 2022)

Policing Under Disability Law, 73 STAN. L. REV. (forthcoming 2021) ? Selected for Michigan Law School's Junior Scholars Conference (2020)

Youth Prisons and Abolition, N.Y.U. REV. OF L. & SOCIAL CHANGE (with Dr. Subini Annamma)

Policing Marginality in Public Space, 81 OHIO ST. L. J. 1045 (2020) (symposium essay)

Rethinking Disorderly Conduct, 109 CALIF. L. REV. (forthcoming 2021) ? Selected for Stanford/Harvard/Yale Junior Faculty Forum (2020) ? Winner, AALS Criminal Justice Section, Junior Scholars Paper Competition (2020) ? Selected for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) Getting Scholarship Into the Courtroom Project as a "Must Read" article

The Paradox of Inclusion: Applying Olmstead's Integration Mandate in Prisons, 27 GEO. J. ON POVERTY L. & POL'Y. 305 (2020) (symposium essay)

? Excerpted in SAM BAGENSTOS, DISABILITY RIGHTS LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS (3d. 2021)

Reflections on Representing Incarcerated People with Disabilities: Ableism in Prison Reform Litigation, 96 DENVER L. REV. 971 (2019) (invited).

Disparate Impact and Voting Rights: How Objections to Impact-Based Claims Prevent Plaintiffs From Prevailing in Cases Challenging New Forms of Disenfranchisement, 7 ALA. C.R. & C.L. L. REV. 171 (2018).

-2-

One Not Like the Other: An Examination of the Use of the Affirmative Action Analogy in Reasonable Accommodation Cases under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 45 CAP. U. L. REV. (2018).

Caged In: The Devastating Harm of Solitary Confinement on Prisoners with Physical Disabilities, 24 BUFF. HUM. RTS. L. REV. (2018).

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Toward a Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit) Approach to American Law, in DISCRIT EXPANDED: INQUIRIES, REVERBERATIONS & RUPTURES (Annamma, et al., forthcoming 2020)

Hope Metcalf, et al., Administrative Segregation, Degrees of Isolation, and Incarceration: A National Overview of State and Federal Correctional Policies (Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 301), available at .

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Towards an Intersectional Approach to Race and Disability (manuscript in progress)

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Speaker, Disability Critical Race Theory in American Law, Byron R. White Constitutional Law Speaker Series, Boulder, CO (Mar. 25, 2021) (virtual)

Panelist, The Future of Olmstead: 2020 and Beyond, American Bar Association, Washington, D.C. (Dec. 4, 2020) (rescheduled to virtual conference)

Panelist, Is Criminal Justice Possible?, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY (October 28, 2020) (rescheduled to virtual conference)

Panelist, Creating Non-Complicit Lawyers, A Discussion on Usual Cruelty, New Press (August 26, 2020) (rescheduled to virtual conference)

Panelist, Defunding the Police: A Conversation, Buffalo Law School, Buffalo, NY (August 12, 2020) (rescheduled to virtual conference)

Presenter, Michigan Junior Scholars Conference, Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, MI (April 17-18, 2020) (rescheduled to virtual conference)

-3-

Panelist, Criminalization and Collateral Consequences, Ohio State Law Journal Symposium, Moritz College of Law, Columbus, OH (February 28, 2020)

Panelist, Prison, Invisibility, and Resistance, Center for Criminal Justice, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY (February 25, 2020)

Panelist, Disability Justice, Paul Robeson Conference, Black Law Students Association, Columbia Law School, New York, NY(February 21, 2020)

Panelist, Critical Race Theory in a Global Context: Practices and Discourses of Racialization Across Borders, Association of American Law Schools, Washington, D.C. (January 4, 2020)

Panelist, Police Encounters, Race and Agency in the Criminal System, Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI (December 6, 2019)

Panelist, Contested Terrains, ClassCrits, Western New England College of Law, Springfield, MA (November 16, 2019)

Panelist, Olmstead in Prison: Pathways towards Abolition, Georgetown Law School, Washington, D.C. (November 1, 2019)

Panelist, Olmstead in Prison, Olmstead at 30 Conference, Georgia State School of Law, Atlanta, GA (August 9, 2019)

Panelist, Black Churches, Black Mosques, Hartford Seminary Colloquium, Hartford, CT (June 18, 2019)

Presentation, Perspectives on the Subordination of People with Disabilities in Law, CT Judicial Institute, Hartford, CT (June 13, 2019)

Presentation, Policing and Residential Segregation, Law and Society, Washington, D.C. (May 30, 2019)

Keynote Address, Criminal Justice and Human Rights Advocacy, PUC-PR Human Rights Conference, Curitiba, Brazil (June 4, 2019)

Keynote Address, Incarcerated Women with Disabilities, Conference for Justice Involved Women, Minneapolis, MN (May 20, 2019)

Presentation, Overview of Prison Conditions of Confinement Litigation, Federal Defenders Conference, Miami, FL (May 16, 2019)

Presentation, A Critical Race Theory Approach to Disability, University of S?o Paolo Law School Critical Race Theory Conference, S?o Paolo, Brazil (May 14, 2019)

-4-

Panelist, Prison Strikes, Censorship, and Dissent: The First Amendment in Prison, Arthur Liman Program, Yale Law School (Nov. 8, 2018)

Panelist, Disability Justice and Abolition, CUNY School of Law (Nov. 1, 2018)

Discussant, Critical Justice Workshop, Brooklyn Law School (Oct. 12, 2018)

Panelist, Solitary Confinement, Arthur Liman Program, Yale Law School (Oct. 10, 2018)

Panelist, Abolition and Movement Lawyering, Denver Strum School of Law (Oct 5, 2018)

Written Testimony Supporting Raised H.B. No. 7302 (2017), An Act Concerning Confinement and Correctional Staff Training and Wellness.

Panelist, First Responders and Disability, National Council on Disability (Dec. 9, 2016)

Presenter, American Correctional Association Annual Conference (Aug. 8, 2016)

Presenter, White House Forum on Criminal Justice Reform and Disability (July 18, 2016)

JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP

Chief Judge Richard W. Roberts, U.S. District Court, D.D.C.

2013-15

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2017-June 2018 Staff Attorney. Litigate individual and class action suits in federal court to improve prison conditions and end the harmful practice known as solitary confinement in Pennsylvania state prisons. Engage in public and administrative advocacy around issues relating to ending solitary confinement, ensuring equal access for prisoners with disabilities, and challenging mass incarceration.

ACLU NATIONAL PRISON PROJECT, Washington, D.C., October 2015-June 2017 Arthur Liman Public Interest Law Fellow. Drafted notices of non-compliance, conducted prison tours, and reviewed use of force videos in the course of settlement monitoring and enforcement for statewide class action lawsuit on behalf of prisoners in Arizona state prisons. Led research and advocacy efforts aimed at building awareness of the challenges facing incarcerated persons with physical disabilities. Provided legal and technical support to ACLU affiliates and other organizations on issues related to solitary confinement in American prisons and jails, including drafting model policies, and crafting language for state and federal legislation. Researched challenges facing prisoners with physical disabilities held in solitary confinement. Conducted legal research on issues related to state contract law, and legal claims brought pursuant to the Eighth

-5-

Amendment and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Engaged in public education outreach and policy advocacy around ending solitary confinement.

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Washington, D.C., August 2015-May 2017 Adjunct Faculty Member, Department of Liberal Studies. Designed course curriculum for introductory course in Sociology and Social Science. Lectured on key concepts and theories using a variety of pedagogical methods, including interactive multimedia, participatory classroom discussions, small group activities, and simulations.

DETENTION & HUMAN RIGHTS CLINIC, Yale Law School, 2011-13 Law Student Intern. Engaged in administrative advocacy, report-writing, and investigative work on behalf of prisoners in solitary confinement in Connecticut's maximum-security prison.

CRIMINAL DEFENSE CLINIC, Yale Law School, 2010-13 Law Student Intern. Worked under the supervision of Connecticut public defenders to provide representation in state court bail hearings.

EMERY, CELLI, BRINCKERHOFF & ABADY, LLC, New York, NY, July 2012September 2012 Summer Law Clerk. Produced memos on legal issues related to reasonable accommodations, excessive force, pay discrimination, defamation, and federal RICO. Contributed to the drafting of complaints for filing in federal court.

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND, New York, NY, May 2012August 2012 Summer Law Clerk. Completed research and analysis for legal questions concerning employment discrimination lawsuits. Produced research outlining the requirements for surviving summary judgment on vote dilution claims.

ACLU OF MISSISSIPPI, Jackson, MS, June 2011-August 2011 Legal Intern. Drafted and edited complaints and memos of law for a motion for preliminary injunction. Performed legal research and analysis on a variety of civil liberties and civil rights issues, including cases involving racial discrimination, police misconduct, unconstitutional conditions of confinement, and freedom of speech.

AFRICAN AMERICAN POLICY FORUM (AAPF), New York, NY, June 2009-10 Associate Director; Research Assistant to Professor Kimberl? W. Crenshaw. Conducted research, assembled literature review, and drafted memos related to critical race theory, as well as current issues in structural racism, affirmative action, equal opportunity, and education equity. Organized and coordinated workshops and conferences focused on social justice advocacy and raising awareness of structural racism and gender-based discrimination. Developed public education materials to disseminate online, or at workshops and conferences.

-6-

WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ, New York, NY, June 2008-09 Corporate Paralegal. Prepared SEC filings for Fortune 500 companies and other clients. Reviewed deal documents, such as merger agreements, offering circulars, and registration statements, for grammar and accuracy.

NEW YORK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, New York, NY, August 2007-June 2008 Trial Preparation Assistant, Major Economic Crimes Bureau. Drafted grand jury subpoenas, search warrants, and various other legal documents in preparation for trial. Recorded and organized all legal documents pertaining to cases and compiled grand jury exhibits.

SELECTED MEDIA APPEARANCES

Guest, Smart Talk, WITF RADIO (Sept. 29, 2016) (Topic: Solitary Confinement)

Guest, Roach Brown Show, PACIFICA RADIO (May 10, 2016) (Topic: Should Solitary Confinement for Youth Be Abolished?)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Board Member, Disability Rights Bar Association (2021-present) Member, Legal Advocacy Committee, The Arc (2021-present) Board Member, Connecticut Fair Housing Center (May 2019-present) Board President, Abolitionist Law Center (June 2018-present) Board President, Mary's Daughter/Dignity Act Now Collective (May 2018-present) Commissioner, Permanent Commission for the Status of Hartford Women (June 2019March 2020)

State:

New York

BAR ADMISSIONS

Federal:

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

-7-

 ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download