Perry Moriearty Recommended for Promotion to Professor of Law
Professor Perry Moriearty has been recommended for promotion to the rank of Professor of Law in a vote by Minnesota Law faculty earlier this week. The recommendation will be presented to the University of Minnesota Board of Regents for approval next semester.
Professor Moriearty specializes in juvenile justice, criminal justice and race and the law. She co-directs the Child Advocacy & Juvenile Justice Clinic in addition to teaching courses in criminal law and juvenile justice. She has received the AALS N. Shanara Gilbert Award for her work in clinical teaching and social justice, and was recognized with the Stanley V. Kinyon Clinical Teaching Award in 2012.
Professor Moriearty is a nationally recognized expert on juvenile sentencing and policy. Her most recent journal article, "Prosecutorial Data Transparency and Data Justice" (coauthored with Caitlin Glass and Kat M. Albrecht ), was published this year in the Northwestern University Law Review. She is also a co-author with Professor Emeritus Barry Feld '69 of a leading juvenile justice casebook.
In addition to her robust scholarship and teaching, she works closely with legal services and grassroots organizations focused on juvenile and criminal justice reform— in particular helping spearhead the drafting and enactment of multiple pieces of legislation, including the 2023 amendment to Minnesota’s sentencing laws that makes every person incarcerated as a juvenile eligible for release after 15 years and creates a review board to consider release decisions. This year, Attorney General Keith Ellison '90 appointed her to the Minnesota Clemency Review Commission. Professor Moriearty also serves on the boards of the McKnight Foundation and The Legal Revolution, a nonprofit focused on providing incarcerated persons with access to legal education.
Professor Moriearty has been the co-director of the law clinics; she has served on the Dean Search Committee, the Appointments Committee, and in many other faculty governance roles. She also chaired the Criminal Law Concentration.
Professor Moriearty received a B.A. from Brown University and a J.D. from New York University. Before joining our faculty, she taught at the University of Denver and Suffolk University Law School. Prior to that, she was an associate with Ropes & Gray in Boston, an attorney with the Youth Advocacy Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, and an independent fact finder for the Harvard College administrative board.
Professor Moriearty specializes in juvenile justice, criminal justice and race and the law. She co-directs the Child Advocacy & Juvenile Justice Clinic in addition to teaching courses in criminal law and juvenile justice. She has received the AALS N. Shanara Gilbert Award for her work in clinical teaching and social justice, and was recognized with the Stanley V. Kinyon Clinical Teaching Award in 2012.
Professor Moriearty is a nationally recognized expert on juvenile sentencing and policy. Her most recent journal article, "Prosecutorial Data Transparency and Data Justice" (coauthored with Caitlin Glass and Kat M. Albrecht ), was published this year in the Northwestern University Law Review. She is also a co-author with Professor Emeritus Barry Feld '69 of a leading juvenile justice casebook.
In addition to her robust scholarship and teaching, she works closely with legal services and grassroots organizations focused on juvenile and criminal justice reform— in particular helping spearhead the drafting and enactment of multiple pieces of legislation, including the 2023 amendment to Minnesota’s sentencing laws that makes every person incarcerated as a juvenile eligible for release after 15 years and creates a review board to consider release decisions. This year, Attorney General Keith Ellison '90 appointed her to the Minnesota Clemency Review Commission. Professor Moriearty also serves on the boards of the McKnight Foundation and The Legal Revolution, a nonprofit focused on providing incarcerated persons with access to legal education.
Professor Moriearty has been the co-director of the law clinics; she has served on the Dean Search Committee, the Appointments Committee, and in many other faculty governance roles. She also chaired the Criminal Law Concentration.
Professor Moriearty received a B.A. from Brown University and a J.D. from New York University. Before joining our faculty, she taught at the University of Denver and Suffolk University Law School. Prior to that, she was an associate with Ropes & Gray in Boston, an attorney with the Youth Advocacy Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, and an independent fact finder for the Harvard College administrative board.
Congratulations, Professor Moriearty!
