Claire Griggs Senior Professorial Lecturer Justice, Law & Criminology
- Additional Positions at Â鶹Æƽâ°æ
- Director, Politics, Policy & Law Scholars Program
- Degrees
- JD, Washington College of Law, Â鶹Æƽâ°æ
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BA, Northwestern University - Bio
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Claire Griggs is a faculty member in the Department of Justice, Law and Criminology in the School of Public Affairs. Professor Griggs serves as the Director of the Politics, Policy and Law (PPL) Scholars Program. Prior to joining the faculty in SPA, she worked for the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project at the Washington College of Law, which seeks to engage and educate high school students about their constitutional rights and responsibilities. Professor Griggs has also worked for the New York law firm of Kaufman, Borgeest & Ryan in the areas of insurance, malpractice, and employment law.
Her current research and publication areas focus on issues of juvenile justice, women's bodily rights, and Eighth Amendment issues. Her work has been published in the Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law.
- See Also
- SPA Department of Justice, Law and Criminology
- SPA Politics, Policy and Law (PPL) Scholars Program
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