Professor James Forman, Jr. is a graduate of Brown University and Yale Law School. While attending law school, he was active in BLSA and was a book reviews editor for the Yale Law Journal. Following graduation, he served as a judicial clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Professor Forman worked for six years with the Public Defender Service in Washington, D.C., where he represented juveniles and adults in serious felony cases. In 1999, Professor Forman was promoted to training director for new attorneys at the agency and developed the inaugural training program for the independent CJA bar. Professor Forman's interest in educational programs for at-risk and court-involved youth led him to start, along with a colleague, the Maya Angelou Public Charter School in 1997. The school is recognized as one of the most successful programs of its kind in the country, combining rigorous education, job training, counseling, mental health services, life skills, and dormitory living for school dropouts and youth who have previously been incarcerated.
Professor Forman teaches and writes in the areas of criminal procedure and education law. He has worked with students to provide course and career guidance to other students interested in criminal law and education law and policy. Students interested in those careers should check out these sites he has created, which include resources for finding full time and summer jobs in those field. The education law and policy site is here and the criminal law site is here .
Professor Forman serves on the board of the American Constitution Society, the Children's Defense Fund, the Education Trust, and the Maya Angelou Charter School.
For a more detailed Biography please click on the following link: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/forman/about_me.htm
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