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Rachel A. Harmon
University of Virginia School of Law
Expertise
- Civil Rights
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Investigation
- Criminal Procedure
- Police
- Prosecution
Fees
- Does Not Currently Practice Law
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Maryland
- Supreme Court of Maryland
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Professional Experience
- Professor of Law
- University of Virginia School of Law
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- Director, Center for Criminal Justice; Class of 1957 Research Professor of Law, 2020-present; F.D.G. Ribble Professor of Law, 2016-2019; Sullivan & Cromwell Professor of Law, 2012-2015; Associate Professor of Law, 2006-2011.
- Trial Attorney
- United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Criminal Section
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- Special Assistant United States Attorney
- United States Attorneys Office, Eastern District of Virginia
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- Special Assistant United States Attorney
- United States Attorneys Office, Eastern District of Virginia
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- Law Clerk to the Honorable Stephen G. Breyer
- United States Supreme Court
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- Law Clerk to the Honorable Guido Calabresi
- United States Supreme Court
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Education
- Yale Law School
- J.D. (1996)
- Honors: Graduated with Honors in all graded classes (highest grade available)
- Activities: Yale Law Journal, Articles Editor; Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities, Articles Editor
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- London School of Economics
- M.Sc. (1993) | Political Theory
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- London School of Economics
- M.Sc. (1992) | Political Sociology
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- B.S. (1990) | Civil Engineering
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Professional Associations
- Arnold Ventures/Policing Project, State Legislative Advisory Committee
- Member
- - Current
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- American Law Institute
- Associate Reporter, Principles of Law: Policing, and member
- - Current
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- Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
- Member of Law Enforcement Course Advisory Committee
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- Maryland State Bar
- Member
- - Current
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